South Sudan Food Insecurity TimelineSouth Sudan: Food Insecurity - 2015-2019 (n.d.). In reliefweb. Retrieved from https://reliefweb.int/disaster/ce-2015-000183-ssd

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  • Food Security Situation Started (South, n.d.).

  • the combination of conflict, economic crisis and lack of adequate levels of agricultural production have eroded vulnerable households ability to cope (South, n.d.).

    Reason for food security issues

  • 3.9 million people – nearly one in every three people in South Sudan – were severely food insecure and 3.6 million were considered to be stressed (South, n.d.).

  • At the height of the lean season in July 2016, some 4.8 million people – more than one in every three people in South Sudan – were estimated to be severely food insecure (South, n.d.).

  • he number of people estimated in need of humanitarian assistance (IPC phase 3 and above) has increased to almost 5 million, out of which 100,000 are facing famine conditions (South, n.d.).

  • In September 2018, 6.1 million people (59% of the total population) are facing Crisis (IPC Phase 3), Emergency (IPC Phase 4) and Catastrophe (IPC Phase 5) (South, n.d.).

  • WFP resumed the integrated rapid response mechanism (IRRM) and currently has seven teams deployed in Bilkey, Nyandit, Kurwai, Jaibor, Chuil, Buot and Ulang, providing life-saving food and nutrition assistance to around 96,633 people (South, n.d.).

  • By January-March 2019, 5.2 million people (49% of the total population) are estimated to continue to face acute food insecurity, with 36,000 people in catastrophic conditions (IPC Phase 5) (South, n.d.).