Special Report - FAO/WFP Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission to South Sudan - 20 February 2014

Year of publication2014

AuthorFAO

PublisherFAO

Other entities involvedWFP

AbstractIn 2013, despite the impact of floods and insecurity in some areas, generally favourable rains and absence of major outbreaks of pests and diseases favoured cereal crop production in the traditional farming sector of South Sudan. • Accordingly, total cereal harvested area in the traditional sector increased by about 2.8 percent resulting in an estimated net cereal production of about 892 000 tonnes, about 13 percent above the revised 2012 estimates and 22 percent above the average of t he previous five years. • Net cereal production from the rain-fed large and small scale mechanized sector in Upper Nile State is estimated at a reduced 57 000 tonnes due to a decline in planted area and a late onset of rains. • Livestock conditions were generally good due to adequate pasture and water availability. • Prices of locally produced cereals have declined in most markets since August 2013 and were below or around their levels in November 2012. Livestock prices, especially for small ruminants, were stable or increasing during the second half of 2013 in most markets. Terms-of-trade for pastoralists have generally improved.

 

Product typeBook (stand-alone)

SeriesGIEWS - Special Reports

CountrySouth Sudan

RegionAfrica

Areas of workGlobal Information and Early Warning System

KeywordsFood supply; food production; production data; forecasting; food aid; South Sudan