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- cereal and livestock prices; and
- analyze factors affecting the current food security situation.
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Central African Republic Food Security Country Brief, May-August 2011
25 Oct 2011, Central African Republic
- Insecurity remains a major factor impeding improvements in food security conditions and agricultural production.
- Agencies agree on the alarming level of hunger and malnutrition.
- International agencies face major problems in delivering aid to conflict-affected population due to constrained access.
- FAO has been supporting [...]
Eritrea Food Security Country Brief, May-August 2011
25 Oct 2011, Eritrea
- Although there is no price data available, food security is expected to be affected by high international food and fuel prices as a consequence of the country’s high dependence on imports.
- Although there is no official data on the food security [...]
Ethiopia Food Sceurity Country Brief, May-August 2011
25 Oct 2011, Ethiopia
- Cereal prices continue to rise and are nearly reaching the levels of the 2008 food crisis. Negative terms of trade for pastoralist have worsened the already dire food security situation.
- The estimated number of people requiring emergency assistance continues to increase [...]
Guinea Food Security Country Brief, May-August 2011
25 Oct 2011, Guinea
- Access to food is constrained by high prices resulting from a strong depreciation of the local currency.
- A substantial section of the population are exposed to chronic food insecurity, agencies report localized food insecurity and depict the situation of hunger as [...]
Haiti Food Security Country Brief, May-August 2011
25 Oct 2011, Haiti
- Prices of imported rice and maize went up in recent months following international price increases while local rice and maize prices remained stable or declined.
- Food insecurity is persistent in many areas; different agencies reported a stressed to crisis level of [...]
Honduras Food Security Country Brief, May-August 2011
25 Oct 2011, Honduras
- Prices of basic foods remained high: in Tegucigalpa maize prices showed an increasing trend in the last few months and were more than double the prices of the year before.
- Food security was generally stable throughout the country despite the lean [...]
Kenya Food Security Country Briefs, May-August 2011
25 Oct 2011, Kenya
- The sharp increase in staple food prices reached its record level in July leading also to considerable deterioration of terms of trade for pastoralists.
- An estimated 3.75 million people are classified as food insecure. Major concerns are for the over 490,000 [...]
Liberia Food Security Country Brief, May-August 2011
25 Oct 2011, Liberia
- Imported rice prices have remained high during the reporting period due to high international food and fuel prices, high transportation costs and increased seasonal demand.
- Food security conditions were particularly worrisome for poor and vulnerable groups in the northern and southern [...]
Madagascar Food Security Country Brief, May-August 2011
25 Oct 2011, Madagascar
- National average prices of rice and maize has been increasing in recent months especially due to reduced harvest.
- Food security conditions are still affected by the effects of the Cyclone Bingiza which hit the country earlier this year.
- Political situation has remained [...]
Malawi Food Security Country Brief, May-August 2011
25 Oct 2011, Malawi
- Record maize harvest in 2010/11 pushes prices of maize down in the country's producing areas but prices increased sharply in deficit areas.
- Generally favorable food security conditions, but pockets of food insecurity remain. FAO Global Early Warning Information System (GIEWS) reports [...]