, 22/12/2011 - The food security situations in South Sudan have mixed trends as projected during Livelihood Analysis Forum (LAF) that was organised in Yei from 5th-10th Sept 2011. As indicated in figure 1, the Greenbelt and Ironstone Platea livelihood zones could potentially be in better food security situations as from Sept-Dec compared to other livelihood zones of Western Flood Plains, Nile Sobat Rivers, Eastern Flood Plains, Hills and Mountains and Pastoral zone which are likely to be in crisis phase. The crisis condition in these livelihood zones were caused by a combination of factors.