About FSTS

The South Sudan Food Security Technical Secretariat (FSTS) was established in June 2008 with technical and financial support from the Sudan Institutional Capacity Programme: Food Security Information for Action (SIFSIA) programme funded by European Union and implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. The secretariat is the technical arm of the Food Security Council (FSC) that is chaired by the president. The Council makes decisions on all Food Security matters in South Sudan. The Secretariat is located within the South Sudan Centre for Census, Statistics and Evaluation (SSCCSE) and is tasked with the collection, compilation, storage and analysis of food security data, and the dissemination of processed information to government institutions and other stakeholders to inform decisions on all matters of food security in South Sudan.

The secretariat provides information on the food security status of South Sudan on regular basis through the production of Food Security Bulletins, Agrometeorology Bulletins and Policy Briefs and special reports to inform the public and decision makers of prevailing food security situations in all ten States. The Secretariat periodically organizes policy briefing meetings in Juba for GOSS and State officials to support their decision making processes on matters related to food security. The secretariat is also responsible for coordinating activities of food security with major government institutions, UN and other agencies and all stakeholders within South Sudan.

The Food Security Technical Secretariat consists of five (6) technical units: i) Structural Food Security Unit ii) Transitory Food Security Unit iii) Nutrition Unit iv) Food Security Policy and Planning Unit and vi) Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing Unit, (vi) Data Base Unit.

For more information:

Charles Assega Aggrey, Coordinator

Food Security Technical Secretariat/SSCCSE/GOSS

Juba, Republic of South Sudan

Sudani: +249955099665

Email: charlesaggrey@gmail.com or fs.bulletin@gmail.org

Food security updates for August _september 2012

Key issues

1) Influxes of over 165,000 Sudanese refugees in Upper Nile and Unity State continued to Compromise on rising food insecurity and malnutrition.

2)Recent occurrence of flooding in the seven States of South Sudan is likely to impact on crops production this year.

3) Fuel shortages and local currency (SSP) devaluation exacerbated substantially high food commodity Prices across the Count...

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Floods in South Sudan october 2012 updates

The 2012 rainy season has had mixed performance through out the season. Currently the rainy sea-son is coming to the end. Instead of the rainfall receding to allow drying and moisture reduction in the mature grain, the rainfall has intensified leading to flooding in several locations in South Sudan.................................................

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Reports & Publications