South Sudan is facing the world's most severe food insecurity crisis, yet the local groups most effective at delivering aid are not being directly funded, according to a report by the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development ( B Cafod b ), in collaboration with anti-poverty group Development ...
UNITED NATIONS, May 14 (Xinhua) -- More than 7 million of the estimated 11 million population of South Sudan are likely to suffer high levels of food insecurity through July, said UN humanitarians on Tuesday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said intercommunal...
JUBA, April 10 (Xinhua) -- Three United Nations agencies have called for ramping up humanitarian assistance to stave off a looming hunger and enhance resilience in South Sudan, warning that food insecurity is likely to rise by 7 percent in the coming months. According to a new report on foo...
Food Insecurity in South Sudan Set to Deepen as Funds Dry Up, Warns UN AgencySteven LewisHealthcarepapers
Food insecurity deteriorating In May, some 3.5 million people – almost one in three South Sudanese – were facing crisis or emergency levels of food insecurity, and the number is expected to increase to 3.9 million (34% of the total population) during June through August 2014. ...
This study sets out to investigate the effect of the 'double risk' of food insecurity as manifested through coping with livelihood strains and food expenditure during a protracted humanitarian crisis in South Sudan. We used Generalized Linear Mixed Modelling for determining possible predictors of the ...
In recent decades, South Sudan has faced famine, war, and floods. Entire generations have grown up in violent circumstances, which have left many people traumatised. We stayed throughout all these - sometimes dangerous - situations, and earned the trust
"Indexing household resilience to food insecurity shocks: The case of South Sudan". Agrekon 53.2 (2014): 137-159.Lokosang, LB., Ramroop, S and Zewotir. 2014. Indexing household resilience to food insecurity shocks: The case of South Sudan. Agrekon. 53(2):108-136....
Objective To examine household food insecurity and coping mechanisms in two relatively politically stable states of South Sudan. Design Cross-sectional assessment including structured interviews and focus group discussions with food aid programme beneficiaries and staff. Structured interview findings were analys...
A girl waits for aid at dock in Juba, South Sudan, Aug. 13, 2011. (Xinhua/Wu Xiaoling) JUBA, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- Extreme levels of food insecurity are expected across South Sudan through at least the first half of 2017, a food security analysis released shows. ...