Special Report - FAO/WFP Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission to South Sudan - 26 May 2017

Year of publication2017

AuthorFAO

PublisherFAO

Other entities involvedWFP

AbstractAn FAO/WFP Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission (CFSAM) visited South Sudan from 30 November to 12 December 2016 to estimate cereal production during 2016 and assess the overall food security situation. The CFSAM reviewed the findings of several crop assessment missions conducted at planting and harvest time in the different agro-ecological zones of the country from May to December 2016. As during 2014 and 2015, all assessment missions were carried out by a Task Force team that comprised s taff from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Cooperatives and Rural Development (MAFCRD), the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and FAO. Task Force team members have been trained during the last years to conduct rapid assessments using established protocols and techniques, such as driving and walking transects, scoring standing crops according to yield and livestock according to body condition, perform key informant interviews and farmer case studies. In addition, supported by the FAO AFIS project, twenty County Crop Monitoring Committees (CCMC) have been formed in 2016, with a view to extending the responsibility of collecting more objective data at local level.

 

Product typeBook (stand-alone)

SeriesGIEWS - Special Reports

CountrySouth Sudan

RegionAfrica

ISBN978-92-5-109713-7

Areas of workGlobal Information and Early Warning System

KeywordsSouth Sudan; crop yield; food security; cereals; cereal crops; livestock production; animal nutrition; legumes; potatoes; vegetables; industrial crops; beet sugar; cotton; tobacco; sheep; goats; Cattle; animal health; agricultural prices; household food s