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Food Security Outlook Update
August 2023
High needs persist amid heavy fighting and poor progress of the season
  • The ongoing conflict in Sudan continues to drive atypically high humanitarian needs during the peak of the lean season (August-September). Widespread crisis (IPC Phase 3) outcomes and Emergency (IPC Phase 4) persist, particularly in Khartoum and in areas of Greater Darfur, Greater Kordofan, and Blue Nile with large urban centers that have been affected by direct fighting. Of highest concern are urban populations in El Geneina, Nyala, and Kadugli due to the impacts of intensive fighting, with some households in El Geneina likely facing Catastrophe (IPC Phase 5) given the severity of fighting that has significantly disrupted household mobility and delivery of assistance since mid-April. Additionally, urban populations in Khartoum remain of high concern given the continued severe disruption to food and income access and likelihood of high number of households facing Emergency (IPC Phase 4) outcomes.     
  • As the conflict in Sudan approaches its fifth month, the clashes have continued to cause damage and destruction to critical infrastructure; disrupt trade, markets, and services, including humanitarian aid; interrupt livelihood and economic activities; and undermine household access to food and income sources in affected areas. Widespread looting and asset losses that have characterized the conflict are likely to have profound implications for household recovery, particularly for the estimated 5.1 million people displaced as of the end of August.
  • Overall, cultivation has been widely disrupted due to the conflict and area planted for the ongoing 2023/24 main agricultural season is expected to be below average. In relatively more secure areas, particularly in the semi-mechanized and irrigated sectors in the southeast, cultivation was delayed and disrupted by limited access to financing, and the shortage, high costs, and delayed access to agricultural inputs. In areas near to heavy fighting, there have been reports of little to no planting due to reduced access. These reductions are likely to compromise the expected yield and overall harvest of the season.  
  • The economic situation has continued to deteriorate through August, driven by persistently low foreign currency reserves, high inflation rates, severe disruptions to economic activity, and reductions in export revenue due to the ongoing conflict. Prices of staple goods continue to rise in most markets at the same time that income opportunities for most are deteriorating, leading to declining purchasing power. This is particularly true for poor households in conflict-affected urban areas.
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