Senegal: Senegal Remote Monitoring Update November 2012

Normal 2012/13 consumption year expected for poor households

KEY MESSAGES

• The 2012/13 cereal production is forecasted to be 52 percent higher than last year – a bad year – and 16 percent higher than the five-year average. Other crops (such as groundnuts, cowpeas, and cotton) have also generally performed well and will likely improve poor household access to basic foods and incomes.

• Good household food stock levels, coupled with stable or slightly declining imported broken rice prices and normal income levels, will result in Minimal (Phase 1) food insecurity through at least March 2013.