South Sudan: Conflict Erases Food Security Gains, UN Agencies Say

Mar 10, 2014 | Charlton Doki, Voice of America
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JUBA — The conflict in South Sudan has undone the strides the young country has taken toward food security in recent years, U.N. agencies said Monday.

Food insecurity levels had dropped to a record low of 3.4 percent of the population from around 10 percent following two good harvests in a row and helped by lower prices, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) said in a report.