Normal food access for very poor and poor households
KEY MESSAGES
• At least 80 percent of households are consuming a normal number of meals per day due to the good management of food stocks from recent harvests. As a result, households are experiencing Minimal (IPC Phase 1)food insecurity.
• Food access is relatively favorable due to good market supply levels and generally stable cereal prices since January at levels similar to or no more than 25 percent above the five-year average.
• The earlier than normal start of rains in mid-April has helped spur the growth of fresh pasture and improve the physical condition of livestock. It has also encouraged traders, who are worried about a slowdown in sales, to offload their grains and animal feed (agro-industrial byproducts) onto the market.
