Poor households in northern pastoral areas will be “Stressed” from July to September
KEY MESSAGES
• Very poor and poor households are currently able to meet their consumption needs with two to three regular meals per day and without the need to resort to any unusual coping strategies. As a result, at least 80 percent of households are facing Minimal/None (IPC Phase 1) food insecurity.
• High staple food prices and limited streams of nonfarm income, due to a focus on on-farm agricultural activities, will affect the quantity and quality of food access between July and September. During this period, at least 25 to 30 percent of households in livelihood zones 8 and 7 in the north will have food security issues, and will face Stressed (IPC Phase 2) acute food insecurity.
• Near or above-normal levels of income from on-farm labor, gold-washing activities, and livestock sales, as well as the effects of cash transfer and malnutrition prevention programs, will bolster household food access and will help to limit losses to livelihood assets throughout the outlook period.
