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South Sudan Food Security Update

, 17/08/2011 - 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 large portion of their food needs. The observed price trend is expected to persist for the whole of July-August when the first season harvest is due and supplies to the markets increase. The northern trade routes are significant in that it accounts for 70% ofcereals supply to South Sudan. This implies that the gap now has to be filled by cereal grains coming from other neighbouring countries (Food Security &Livelihood Coordination June 2011). The Abyei crisis displaced an estimated 202,830 people to the neighbouring States of Warrap, Unity, NBEG, Upper
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