South Sudan - FAO/WFP Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission, May 2015

An FAO/WFP Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission (CFSAM) visited South Sudan from 2 to 14 February 2015 to estimate cereal production during 2014 and assess the overall food security situation. The CFSAM reviewed findings of eight crop assessment missions conducted at harvest time in the different agro-ecological zones of the country from August 2014 to January 2015 in nine states. All assessments were carried out by Task Force teams that comprised agriculturalists from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Tourism, Animal Resources, Fisheries, Cooperatives and Rural Development (MAFCRD), the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Central/Western Equatoria Ministries of Agriculture (CEMAF and WEMAF) and FAO South Sudanese staff.