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Elodie Becquey

Elodie Becquey is a Senior Research Fellow in the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit, based in IFPRI’s West and Central Africa office in Senegal. She has over 15 years of research experience in diet, nutrition, and food security in Africa, including countries such as Burkina Faso, Chad, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, and Tanzania.

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The famines in Gaza and other conflict areas are a moral failure

2025
Osendarp, Saskia; Haddad, Lawrence; Fabrizio, Cecilia; Andridge, Caroline; Black, Robert E.; Brown, Molly E.; Bryan, Elizabeth; Campbell, Bruce M.; D’Alimonte, Mary; Fanzo, Jessica
…more Headey, Derek D.; Heidkamp, Rebecca; McCarter, Abbe; Menon, Purnima; Michaux, Kristina; Nordhagen, Stella; Silva, Lais Miachon; Verstraeten, Roosmarijn; Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.
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The famines in Gaza and other conflict areas are a moral failure

As scientists and members of the Standing Together for Nutrition Consortium (ST4N) who have been Standing Together For Nutrition during recent crises, we use evidence of the impact of crises on nutrition to advocate for the people most affected. Now, in the face of the world’s indifference, we are compelled to speak out about the horrifying human-made famine unfolding in Gaza and other conflict areas, including Sudan, South Sudan, and Yemen. Widespread starvation is deliberately used as a weapon of war,10 at a scale that we never thought possible. It is a moral failure that in 2025 more than 1·2 million people are living in Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) phase 5 (catastrophe) famine conditions—the most extreme food insecurity level according to the gold-standard IPC. These famines are not only claiming lives today, but they are also inflicting irreversible intergenerational trauma and damage.

Year published

2025

Authors

Osendarp, Saskia; Haddad, Lawrence; Fabrizio, Cecilia; Andridge, Caroline; Black, Robert E.; Brown, Molly E.; Bryan, Elizabeth; Campbell, Bruce M.; D’Alimonte, Mary; Fanzo, Jessica; Headey, Derek D.; Heidkamp, Rebecca; McCarter, Abbe; Menon, Purnima; Michaux, Kristina; Nordhagen, Stella; Silva, Lais Miachon; Verstraeten, Roosmarijn; Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.

Citation

Osendarp, Saskia; Haddad, Lawrence; Fabrizio, Cecilia; Andridge, Caroline; Black, Robert E.; Brown, Molly E.; et al. 2025. The famines in Gaza and other conflict areas are a moral failure. Lancet 406(10503): 572-573. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(25)01542-9

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Sudan; Yemen

Keywords

Palestine, State of; South Sudan; Western Asia; Northern Africa; Asia; Africa; Conflicts; Nutrition; Famine; War; Starvation; Food Insecurity

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English

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Limited Access

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https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(25)01542-9 Source record

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Opinion Piece

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Famine in Gaza, questions for research and preventive action

2024Vos, Rob; Elouafi, Ismahane; Swinnen, Johan
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Famine in Gaza, questions for research and preventive action

The ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza is unprecedented in terms of the share of the population experiencing acute food insecurity and famine and the speed of the onset of the crisis. Research can help understand and anticipate the long-term impacts of the conflict on people and livelihoods, design more effective humanitarian support systems and identify options for creating resilient post-conflict livelihoods.

Year published

2024

Authors

Vos, Rob; Elouafi, Ismahane; Swinnen, Johan

Citation

Vos, Rob; Elouafi, Ismahane; and Swinnen, Johan. 2024. Famine in Gaza, questions for research and preventive action. Nature Food 5: 346-348. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-024-00990-3

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Palestine, State of; Asia; Western Asia; Conflicts; Food Security; Famine; Livelihoods; Resilience; Humanitarian Organizations

Language

English

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Open Access

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-024-00990-3 Source record

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Fragility, Conflict, and Migration

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Journal Article

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No olive branch: Natural resource destruction and prospects for restoration in Gaza and the West Bank
IFPRI Blog
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October 15, 2025

No olive branch: Natural resource destruction and prospects for restoration in Gaza and the West Bank

By Hagar ElDidi, Ryan Nehring, and Claudia Ringler

Addressing the war’s heavy toll on olive trees.