Poor households are becoming less dependent on the market
KEY MESSAGES
Very poor and poor households are primarily consuming food from their own household food stocks, which were recently replenished with crops from this season’s average to above-average harvests. At this time, over 80 percent of households are able to meet their food and non-food needs without resorting to unusual coping strategies and are therefore facing Minimal (IPC Phase 1) food insecurity conditions.
Staple cereal prices have declined (by four to 14 percent) since their peak at the height of the lean season in August, although prices remain about 27 to 65 percent above the five-year average. Prices are expected to continue to decline through the end of December as additional crops from the recent harvests are marketed.