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Enhancing Food Security in South Sudan: The Role of Public Food Stocks and Cereal Imports

Sep 10th, 2015 • by Sara Gustafson

With its history of political unrest and armed conflict combined with periodic droughts, widespread poverty, and low levels of food production per capita, South Sudan faces a particularly daunting food security situation. At present, Africa’s newest country relies on private sector cereal imports from Uganda for 30-50 percent of its total cereal supply.