Awok Kuel Ngong, a 41-year-old refugee, lives with her husband...
In spite of a slight improvement in the food security...
Livestock is critically important within South Sudanese society. The sector...
4.4million people displaced
6.1million people severely food insecure
75million FAO is seeking
4.8million people targeted for emergency livelihood support
The Early Warning Early Action (EWEA) report on food security and agriculture is developed by ...
The Global Report on Food Crises highlights the plight of millions of people who must ...
The resilience of communities in South Sudan has declined and continued to be eroded since ...
This regional report on food crises is the first for the region and highlights the ...
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Projected acute food insecurity situation
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• Enhance food availability for severely food-insecure households through food-based nutrition support |
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• Strengthen the collection, analysis and coordination of food security, agriculture and livestock information. |
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Increase agricultural food production |
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Improve animal health |
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Provide food and nutrition support |
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Coordinate food security and agriculture analysis |
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Strengthen absorptive capacity |
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5.2 million people projected to be severely food insecure
(January–March 2019) |
Fighting breaks out in Juba and spreads to Jonglei, Unity and Upper Nile States
RECCURING VIOLENCE AND HEAVY FIGHTINGIN
Planting season missed in Southern Unity, Western Equatoria and Western Bahr El-Ghazal due to instability
OUTBREAK OF VIOLENCE IN JUBA
FAO warehouse looted, second planting season missed in some counties due to insecurity
FAMINE DECLARED IN PARTS OF SOUTH SUDAN
Some 100,000 people are facing starvation in parts of South Sudan where famine has been declared. A further 1 million people are classified as being on the brink of famine.
FAMINE DEFEATED
Thanks to massive humanitarian assistance, the famine declared just months previously was declared over in June, although severe food insecurity continued to threaten the lives of 6.2 million people
PEACE DEAL SIGNED
South Sudan’s President Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar signed a peace agreement in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on 12 September 2018, brokered by Sudanese President Bashir
The designations employed and the presentation of material in the map do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of FAO concerning the legal or constitutional status of any country, territory or sea area, or concerning the delimitation of frontiers.
South Sudan - IPC report August 2019
