Enhancing food security in South Sudan: The role of public food stocks and cereal imports
South Sudan faces serious problems of food insecurity due to low per capita levels of domestic food production, periodic droughts, widespread poverty, political unrest, and since late 2013, renewed armed conflict. Agricultural productivity is low, and the country is highly dependent on private-secto...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
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| author | Dorosh, Paul A. Rashid, Shahidur Childs, Abigail van Asselt, Joanna |
| author_browse | Childs, Abigail Dorosh, Paul A. Rashid, Shahidur van Asselt, Joanna |
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| description | South Sudan faces serious problems of food insecurity due to low per capita levels of domestic food production, periodic droughts, widespread poverty, political unrest, and since late 2013, renewed armed conflict. Agricultural productivity is low, and the country is highly dependent on private-sector imports of cereals (maize, sorghum, wheat, and rice) from Uganda to supply domestic markets. National household survey data indicate substantial diversity in consumption of cereals across households, and our econometric estimates suggest highly price- and income-inelastic demand for the two major cereals, sorghum and maize. Drawing on a review of international experience and the constraints facing South Sudan, we conclude that a national food security reserve (NFSR) system with a small national food security stock is feasible for South Sudan. Cereal stocks would be kept mainly for targeted safety nets and emergency distribution, and market interventions would be limited in scope, in keeping with a long-run goal of market development. Nonetheless, even with a functioning NFSR, promotion of private-sector domestic and import trade will remain crucial for ensuring adequate supplies of grain and food security |
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| spelling | CGSpace1514212025-11-06T07:26:05Z Enhancing food security in South Sudan: The role of public food stocks and cereal imports Dorosh, Paul A. Rashid, Shahidur Childs, Abigail van Asselt, Joanna sorghum imports food policies food stocks cereals rice demand maize agriculture trade productivity food security resilience armed conflicts South Sudan faces serious problems of food insecurity due to low per capita levels of domestic food production, periodic droughts, widespread poverty, political unrest, and since late 2013, renewed armed conflict. Agricultural productivity is low, and the country is highly dependent on private-sector imports of cereals (maize, sorghum, wheat, and rice) from Uganda to supply domestic markets. National household survey data indicate substantial diversity in consumption of cereals across households, and our econometric estimates suggest highly price- and income-inelastic demand for the two major cereals, sorghum and maize. Drawing on a review of international experience and the constraints facing South Sudan, we conclude that a national food security reserve (NFSR) system with a small national food security stock is feasible for South Sudan. Cereal stocks would be kept mainly for targeted safety nets and emergency distribution, and market interventions would be limited in scope, in keeping with a long-run goal of market development. Nonetheless, even with a functioning NFSR, promotion of private-sector domestic and import trade will remain crucial for ensuring adequate supplies of grain and food security 2015-11-26 2024-08-01T02:57:13Z 2024-08-01T02:57:13Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151421 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154938 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156191 https://doi.org/10.2499/9780812245295 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156559 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Dorosh, Paul A.; Rashid, Shahidur; Childs, Abigail; and Van Asselt, Joanna. 2015. Enhancing food security in South Sudan: The role of public food stocks and cereal imports. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1482. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151421 |
| spellingShingle | sorghum imports food policies food stocks cereals rice demand maize agriculture trade productivity food security resilience armed conflicts Dorosh, Paul A. Rashid, Shahidur Childs, Abigail van Asselt, Joanna Enhancing food security in South Sudan: The role of public food stocks and cereal imports |
| title | Enhancing food security in South Sudan: The role of public food stocks and cereal imports |
| title_full | Enhancing food security in South Sudan: The role of public food stocks and cereal imports |
| title_fullStr | Enhancing food security in South Sudan: The role of public food stocks and cereal imports |
| title_full_unstemmed | Enhancing food security in South Sudan: The role of public food stocks and cereal imports |
| title_short | Enhancing food security in South Sudan: The role of public food stocks and cereal imports |
| title_sort | enhancing food security in south sudan the role of public food stocks and cereal imports |
| topic | sorghum imports food policies food stocks cereals rice demand maize agriculture trade productivity food security resilience armed conflicts |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151421 |
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