FAO/WFP Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission to South Sudan, February 2013
Generally favourable rains and no outbreaks of pests and diseases in 2012, resulted in a net cereal production of about 761 000 tonnes in the traditional sector. At this level, production is about 35 percent above the 2011 estimates and about 6 percent above the average of the previous five years. • With a projected population of about 10.4 million people in 2013, an overall cereal deficit of nearly 371 000 tonnes is estimated, until the next harvest in late 2013. • Livestock body conditio ns are generally good due to adequate pasture and water availability. • Prices of locally produced cereals have declined in most markets since August/September 2012, but still remain higher than in previous seasons. Higher prices of livestock, especially small ruminants, have improved the terms-of-trade for pastoralists.
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| Format: | Book (stand-alone) biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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2013
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| Online Access: | https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/AL997E http://www.fao.org/3/a-al997e.pdf |
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