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Food security updates for August _september 2012 | FSTS/NBS | Sep-26-2012
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...
Food Security Bulletin for April_ june 2012 | FSTS | Jul-02-2012
Conflict at the border between South and north Sudan is likely to affect agricultural activities, Humanitarian intervention is urgently needed to settle the high number of returnees, refugees and IDP’s In South Sudan and Most of the Households still faced food shortage as high food prices continued in all the States.........................................................
Food Security Updates for April 2012 | FSTS/NBS_Juba | Apr-02-2012
Food security situation in South Sudan is deteriorating following the cereal production deficit occasioned by extended period of dry spells in 2011. As the result, about 4.7 million populations are anticipated to be potentially food insecure and about 1 million populations are likely to be severely food insecure. In South Sudan, the food insecurity is regularly driven by inadequate rainfall ...
Food Security Update Oct-Dec 2011 | FSTS | Dec-16-2011
The food security situations in South Sudan have mixed trends as projected during Livelihood Analysis Forum (LAF) that was organised in Yei from 5
th-10th
Sept 2011. As indicated in figure 1, the Greenbelt and Ironstone Plateau livelihood zones could potentially be in better food security situations as from Sept-Dec compared to other livelihood zones of Western Flood Plains, Nile ...
Special Market Report for the month of October 2011 | Food Security Technical Secretariat (FSTS) at Sout | Oct-26-2011
Market prices of major food and non-food commodities have been rising persistently in most markets of South Sudan due to various factors. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, Inflation Rate as represented by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) of food and nonfood commodities increased by 57.1% in August 2010 compared with August 2011.............
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Food Security Bulletin Updates for July to August 2011 | Food Security Technical Secretariat (FSTS) at Sout | Sep-28-2011
High food commodities prices over the past few months. This has impacted on the food access of poor and vulnerable households who mainly depend on market for their food requirements.......
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Food Securituy Update for May-June 2011 | FSTS | Jul-28-2011
The food security situations in South Sudan continued to worsen. This come shortly with the trade routes blockade by North Sudan on South since May, 2011 resulting in exorbitant prices of staples food commodities and fuel in the entire markets. The prices are above the 2010 average reducing access to food for majority of poor and vulnerable households who dominantly depend on the markets for a l...
Food Security bulletin updates for the months of March- April 2011 | FSTS | May-09-2011
Generally Food Insecure within the Jonglei States), and Livelihoods Crises
with moderate risk level. However, the large proportion of the populationsPastoral Zones (Eastern Equatoria, especially Greater Kapoeta and Bor Counties ofEastern Flood Plain and Nile Sobat (Upper Nile and parts of Jonglei States)Western Flood Plains (Unity, Warrap and Northern Bahr El Ghazal States) are in Acute Food a...
Southern Sudan Food Security Updates for Jan-Feb 2011 | Food Security Technical Secretariat (FSTS) at Sout | Mar-08-2011
Large number of returnees arrived to Southern Sudan in the last two months. This large influx resulted in high demand for food and pose threats to food security through stressing the already strained commodity prices. Reports from UN OCHA 10/02/2011, indicated that a total of two hundred thirteen thousand, eight hundred thirty two (213,832) returnees arrived since Oct. 2010. Increase of the numb...
Food Security Update October-December 2010 | FSTS/SSCCSE | Dec-29-2010
Over the past three months, there have been reports of large number of Southern Sudanese returning from Northern Sudan. This high inflow of returnees is expected to result in increased demand for food commodities which may in the coming months lead to food shortages. It is also reported that the northern traders who supply the northern regions of Southern Sudan are fearing possible referendum re...
Food security Bulletin Update july to September 2010 | FSTS-SSCCSE/Juba | Oct-26-2010
Southern Sudan is constantly inundated with several natural and manmade shocks and hazards. As communities in southern Sudan are trying to extricate themselves from hunger and improve on their livelihoods, hazards such as drought and floods have hindered the progress towards self-reliance. Excessive rainfalls and poor drainage that has occurred in this agricultural season have resulted in floodi...
Southern Sudan Food security Update for May-june 2010 | FSTS-JUba | Jul-06-2010
The prices of food commodities have direct impact on food availability and access. In circumstances where high prices are affecting food security, major government policy decisions have to be made. This was the case in Southern Sudan. On May 14 food commodities such as grains and animal products while also allocating USD 35 million to help address food insecurity and emergency. This amount is ha...
Southern Sudan Food Security Updates for March to April 2010 | FSTS-JUBA | May-04-2010
Underlying the cereal production shortfall of 38% during 2009 cultivation period, the quarterly Livelihood Analysis Forum held in Wau from March 3rd to 5th 2010, concluded that there is general food shortages in Southern Sudan.
The urban communities have better access to food through markets. However, the situation has not improved especially for most rural pastoral and agricultural commun...
Southern Sudan Food Security Update, October-November 2009 | Food Security Technical Secretariat | Dec-15-2009
Rainfall and Vegetation still performing poorly as rainy season comes to an end…
Agricultural production generally below average for most subsistent farmers...
Inter-ethnic conflicts and LRA activities continue to burden communities…
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EES Food Security and Livelihoods Bulletin, Apr-Jun 2009 | EES Food Security Editorial Board | Dec-10-2009
The food security situaion deteriorated as food shortage in households widened to all parts of the state except a few locations. Food stocks continued to dwindle in households while supplies in markets reduced and/or became more expensive. The effect of food shortage was even greater on vulnerable households which include returnees who have limited coping options within the affected...
EES Food Security and Livelihoods Bulletin, Jan-Mar 2009 | EES Food Security Editorial Board | Dec-10-2009
Areas that had good harvests of second season crops or long maturing sorghum and bulrush millet in late 2008, were generally food secure. These areas include parts of Magwi, Torit, Lafon, Ikotos and Budi counties. However, in areas where poor harvests were realized due to erratic rain rainfall, crop diseases and pests, people did not have enough food....
EES Food Security and Livelihoods Bulletin, Sept-Nov 2008 | EES Food Security Editorial Board | Dec-10-2009
The improvement in food security situation that started in late July in the highland areas and August in the otherr areas, following the harvest of new crops continued into the Setember to November period. The pastoral/agro-pastoral area of the Kapoeta sub-region had good water and pasture availability for livestock and there were good supplies of milk and other products....
EES Food Security and Livelihoods Bulletin, Apr-Aug 2008 | EES Food Security Editorial Board | Dec-10-2009
Food situation generally deteriorated from April to end of July with some essential food commodities becoming very scarse in the markets in June and July. In many places, people relied on usual local coping strategies while in others, reliance was on food aid, mainly food for work (FFW), food for recovery (FFR) and food for education (FFE). The situation, however, started to improve when the harve...
EES Food Security and Livelihoods Bulletin, Jan-Mar 2008 | EES Food Security Editorial Board | Dec-10-2009
Generally the food security situation in Eastern Equatoria State improved during the first quarter of the year (Jan-Mar 2008)...
EES Food Security and Livelihoods Bulletin, Jul-Sept 2009 | EES Food Security Editorial Board | Dec-09-2009
The food security situation deteriorated and was appalling in some parts of the state (including Greater Kapoeta, northern, eastern and southern parts of Budi County, more than half of Ikotos County, the easern parts of Torit and Lafon counties and the Madi corridor). Only households in areas that harvested some reasonable quantities of cereals during the quarter - especially Magwi, Obbo, Palotaka...
Southern Sudan Food Security Update | Food Security Technical Secretariat | Dec-05-2009
Southern Sudan is facing acute food shortages caused by four major hazardous events; i) poor rainfall, ii)
failure of first season harvest in most areas of greater Equatoria, iii) continuous civil insecurity which led to
widespread displacements, destitution and death and iv) high cereal and low livestock prices affecting
households’ ability to acquire appropriate food for a nutri...
Food Security report 01 | anyop kuluel | Dec-05-2009
The food security situation in Rumbek is extremely bad....
Food Security Report 03 | James M Kok | Dec-05-2009
Food Security in Rumbek is increasely because of the tibal fighting and lack of enough rainfall since Januray ...
Food security report for Lakes States | Daniel Thon | Dec-05-2009
the food security situation is worse then before since , as tribes cashes naattive signitcant of food shoerage in lakes State and accompany of low suply of food commodirtes hance resulting in to high prices . ...
Food Security Report 02 | Vijo George Anyuon | Dec-05-2009
FAO/WFP Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission
November 2009
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Food Security update - May 05 | Food Security Technical Secretariat | Dec-02-2009
current food security situation in most parts of the southern Sudan may deteriorate as hunger season commences. This will also be exacerbated by a number of associated factors such as increase in market prices and the insecurity resulting from ethnic clashes and LRA insurgency....
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...
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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