Regional Food Security Conference Kicks off In Wau A regional conference for Greater Bahr el Ghazal states focusing on food security status started in Western Bahr el Ghazal state with Warrap, Northern Bahr el Ghazal, Western Bahr el Ghazal and Lakes state Governors taking part in the summit. 23 June 2015
By James Deng Dimo June 22, 2015 [WAU] –The summit is being facilitated by the South Sudan National Minister of Humanitarian Affairs Hon. Awut Deng Achuil who is also a Chairperson for South Sudan emergency on food security. Among other officials present at the summit is Lily Albino Akol South Sudan Deputy Minister for Agriculture and Mary Jervest Yak Deputy Minister of Finance. Addressing the summit, Humanitarian Affairs Minister Awud Deng said “Our purpose of being here is to discuss on food security in our County,” said Achuil. “Am not here today to discuss political issues but only to discuss food issues, the issues are about stomach and stomach only,” said Achuil. “We need to access the states affected by hunger and how many people are affected there, we need to come up with a collected views on how we can help our people” she said. “We have much information being collected by our partners on the alarming food situation in our country that now needs to be address,” said Achuil. Achuil said an estimated population of 1.5 million people had been internally displaced since the beginning of the conflict in 2013. According to the Minister, the three most affected states by the crisis Jonglei, Unity and Upper Nile have experienced abnormal migration of people and livestock, limited market functionality, high food prices caused by rising inflation and depreciation of the local currency, diminishing purchasing power, depletion of household stocks and high cost of living. She said that an overall of at least 4.5 million people in South Sudan are projected to face emergency and food crisis levels between May 2015 and July this year. The minister said the impact of green harvest from mid- July to August 2015 will marginally improve household’s food security in areas not affected by the conflict adding that the number of people severely food insecure will stand at 2.7 million people as from August 2015 to September this year. She mentioned that Humanitarian assistance in the Greater Upper Nileregion has resulted in a downgrading of projected food insecurity classification from emergency, the communities are likely to experience acute food crisis as their agricultural activities and livelihood had been uncertain. As a result, Awud said the national government has procured 112,275 sacks of sorghum and allocated to 10 states of the country. Due to the rainy season and poor roads, the national government had planned to transport sorghum to Bahr el Ghazal region by air from Renk of Upper Nile state. Posted in: Home -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14opKDOak%3Dxf-2bOt_nzPJEXqqjJkU_u4ucC_TZ02UE8bxQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
