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Food Security Update

Food Security Update . 6 November 2013. Main sources of cereal consumed in rural communities. Cereal Availability. Own produced HH cereal stocks low/ depleted in food insecure areas Purchases main source in most cereal deficit areas: demand high & increasing

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Food Security Update

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  1. Food Security Update 6 November 2013

  2. Main sources of cereal consumed in rural communities

  3. Cereal Availability • Own produced HH cereal stocks low/ depleted in food insecure areas • Purchases main source in most cereal deficit areas: demand high & increasing • Availability on most markets is good (grain in N. districts, m/meal in the S.) • Source areas – more distant, dwindling stocks • Govt- Grain Loan Scheme & cash transfers (few districts, low coverage) • WFP FFA, H&N, WFP & CC STA programmes

  4. Cereal Prices • Cereal prices: increasing since June; higher than last year • Maize price: Oct 2013 ($0.43/kg) 5% higher than Spt ($0.41/kg); 26% higher than Oct 2012 ($0.34/kg); • Unrefined maize meal: Oct 2013 rural average$0.63/kg, 15% higher than Oct 2012 ($0.55/kg); 47% higher than average maize grain price (southern districts worst affected)

  5. Average rural maize grain prices – Oct 2013

  6. Livestock-grain terms of trade • Livestock condition deteriorating in many places; average prices going down • Average cattle prices down 5% from $341.48/head in Spt ‘13 to $324.33 in Oct ‘13 • Livestock-grain ToTunfavourable to livestock holder; e.g. Oct ’13 goat = 75 kg maize, 3% lower than Spt ’13 (77kg), & 11% lower than Oct 2012 (84kg)

  7. Livelihood Issues • Rainfall season performance • Cost of food basket increasing despite stable inflation env • Limited and low-income livelihood options • Coping: casual labour, petty trading, small livestock sales, brick molding & stone crushing, small scale mining, fuel wood sales, cross border activities, barter, sch drop outs; immature fruits • Crop input support programmes: Govt targeting 1.6 mil HHs • Producer pricing: maize, tobacco, cotton • Potential urban displacements

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