FAO/WFP Crop and Food Security Assessment – Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea Special Report Synthesis 5 January 2015
Tags: GUINEA, LIBERIA, SIERRA LEONE, WESTERN AFRICA, EBOLA, EBOLA OUTBREAK IN WEST AFRICA, DISEASE, CRISIS, FOOD SECURITY, CROP PRODUCTION, FOOD SECURITY MONITORING, FOOD ASSISTANCE, REPORT, FAO-WFP, GIEWS, CSFAM, NEEDS ASSESSMENT REPORTS,
Jan 2015
HIGHLIGHTS
- Rice production is estimated to decline by 12 percent, 8 percent and 3.7 percent in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, respectively.
- The sub - national level impact on production is much higher (up to 20 percent) in the areas hit hardest by the disease.
- The general decline in economic activity has severely affected households’ wages and incomes.
- The number of food insecure individuals due to Ebola is estimated in hundreds of thousands in each country and is expected to rise in 2015.
- The loss of livelihoods coupled with market uncertainties call for flexibility and care in the type and scale of interventions mainly in food and agriculture assistance
FAO/WFP Crop and Food Security Assessment – Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea Special Report Synthesis 5 January 2015