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Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit Somalia

Post Deyr ’10/11. Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit Somalia. Information for Better Livelihoods. January 24 th 2011. Integrated Nutrition Situation Analysis Middle and Lower Juba Regions. Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC. EUROPEAN COMMISSION.

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Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit Somalia

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  1. Post Deyr ’10/11 Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit Somalia Information for Better Livelihoods January 24th 2011 Integrated Nutrition Situation Analysis Middle and Lower Juba Regions Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC EUROPEAN COMMISSION

  2. Main Livelihood Groups Sources of Food and Income • Livelihood Groups & Main Sources of Food and Income • 2 Pastoral Livelihoods • Southeast- keep cattle sheep & goat • Southern Inland- keep camel, sheep & goat • Primary sources of income of poor: sale of livestock & livestock products • Primary sources of food of poor: purchase • Primary livelihood asset of poor: camel, cattle, sheep/goat • 2 Agro-pastoral Livelihoods (Southern and Lower Juba Agro-pastoralists) • Southern Agro-pastoral are more pastoral in the west than those in the east who are agriculturalists – main sources of income: sale of livestock & livestock products, self-employment, employment, crop sales; main source of food is purchase • Lower Juba Agro-pastoral are more pastoralists than agriculturists – main source of income: sales of livestock products and wild food sales; main source of food: own production and purchases. • Riverine (M. and L. Juba) • Main source of income of poor : Crop sales, wage labour, self-employment (collection of bush products) • Main sources of food of poor: Own production and market purchase

  3. Data Source: WVI, SRCS, Muslim Aid

  4. A Malnourished Child (marasmus-kwashiokor) Juba Pastoral LZ, Dec 2010

  5. Water Scarcity increases women labour and affects child & family feeding

  6. Driving Factors • Aggravating factors • Reducing food access due to impact of floods, drought and insecurity • Reduced labour/income opportunity due to loss of farm labour and decreasing livestock prices • Increased food prices and reduced term of trade (labour-maize) • Negative impact of withdrawal of INGO providing health and nutrition services • High morbidity (suspected measles, persistent AWD) • Restricted immunization activity due to insecurity • Poor child feeding practices • Poor access to sanitation facilities and safe water • Reduced milk access due to livestock outmigration and weakened body livestock condition and production & avoidance of zakat • Mitigating factors • Increased charcoal burning for income (Short term benefits only) • Social support from local community/Humanitarian (limited) • Sale of fodder among the riverine communities for income

  7. Nutrition Situation Estimates - Juba Regional Maps Juba Regions Nutrition Situation Estimates, August 2010 Juba Regions Nutrition Situation Estimates, January 2011

  8. The End

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