FAO in South Sudan

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03 November 2022
  (Juba) – Hunger and malnutrition are on the rise across the flood, drought, and conflict-affected areas of South Sudan, with some communities likely to face starvation if humanitarian assistance is not sustained and climate adaptation measures are not scaled-up, the United Nations warned today. The latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification...
18 October 2022
(Juba) – The United Nations is calling for concerted efforts to address the root causes of food insecurity and malnutrition in South Sudan. Severe, multiyear flood events, surging subnational violence, and economic pressures are pushing more people into worsening levels of acute food insecurity – a key driver of childhood...
07 October 2022
(Juba) The African Development Bank, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and South Sudan’s Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (MAFS), have launched the country’s Emergency Food Production Programme – Project 1 (SSEFPP-1), designed to increase agricultural productivity and production. It will also strengthen institutional capacity...
09 April 2022
9 April 2022 (Juba) – Food insecurity is likely to rise by seven percent across South Sudan in the coming months, compared to last year, according to a new United Nations report on food security. UN organizations are renewing the call for more humanitarian and livelihoods assistance to stave off...
30 March 2022
Mitigating the effects of COVID-19 to protect the food security and livelihoods of vulnerable households in urban centres