date:Mar 05, 2013
to eat this year.
WPF country director Chris Nikoi said that South Sudan has tremendous agricultural potential, and the improved harvest estimate is good news, but the country's overall food security situation remains very precarious.
South Sudan is currently estimated to have a cereal gap of 371,000 metric tons. While commercial imports will fill in part of the gap, emergency food aid will still be required due to high food prices and poor commercial supply.
The WFP plans to provide 224,000