HEADLINE: Assistance needed in Amuria, Katakwi districts
REPORT DATE: January 31, 2008
CORE MESSAGES:
Households are moderately food insecure in parts of Amuria, Katakwi, and Lira districts, where flooding in 2007 damaged first-season crops and prevented a second-season harvest. About 30,000 households (200,000 people) will require food assistance between January and June/July 2008.
Household food stocks and food security in northern Uganda are progressively improving as stable civil security enabled the beginning of harvests in December, which may indicate a long-term improvement in household and regional food security. Normal second-season harvests ensure normal food security in most other bimodal parts of the country.
Normal food security is currently reported in Karamoja. However, food stocks are lower than usual at this time of the year following below-average harvests in the region's 2007 single season. Moderate food insecurity is expected to set in by February or March.
A Venezuelan National guard stands in front of residents waiting in line to buy food at a local market at the San Antonio border with Colombia February 13, 2008. Venezuelan President ...
