Key highlights from the report include:

• More than half of the interviewed households (52 percent) reported poor or borderline food consumption in October 2021, representing the highest food insecurity level recorded since October 2020.
• During the reporting period, the national average consumption rate of animal-source protein was less than twice a week (average of 1.4 times per week), representing the lowest level recorded since October 2020.
• Overall 73 percent of surveyed households indicated that they bought food on credit, an increase of 11 percent year-on-year, marking the highest national average level recorded since January 2019.
• In October 2021, more than a third of interviewed households (36 percent) reported facing difficulties in reaching markets, an increase of 10 percentage points year-on-year and marking the second highest level recorded since April 2020.