Special Report - Synthesis FAO/WFP Crop and Food Security Assessment - Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea

Year of publication2015

AuthorFAO

PublisherFAO

Other entities involvedWFP

AbstractRice 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.

 

Product typeBook (stand-alone)

SeriesGIEWS - Special Reports

RegionAfrica

Areas of workGlobal Information and Early Warning System

KeywordsFood crops; crop monitoring; crop production; food supply; food security; conflicts; pandemics; early warning systems