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Iraq - Bulletin #13: Food security indicators continue to be poor in Ninewa and Duhok, December 2015

Iraq - Bulletin #13: Food security indicators continue to be poor in Ninewa and Duhok, December 2015
  • The highest levels of inadequate consumption and use of negative food-based coping strategies were again noted by households in the conflict-affected governorates of Duhok and Ninewa.
  • Increased coping was reported by internally displaced (IDPs) households living in camps, and households residing in Kirkuk and Sulaymaniyah.
  • Urgent food assistance finally reached Haditha district of Anbar where the price of wheat and rice decreased for the first time in seven months.
  • Household access to the government’s Public Distribution System (PDS) remained low in November in Erbil, Kirkuk, Salah Al-Din, Diyala, Baghdad and Basrah governorates. Restricted PDS access seems to be closely linked with displacement.
  • Prospects for 2016 barley and wheat crops remain uncertain due to ongoing conflict in the main producing governorates - Salah Al-Din and Ninewa; crop failure would have serious implications for the food security of the population.