Enhancing food security in South Sudan: The role of public food stocks and cereal imports

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions, and Markets
cg.coverage.countrySouth Sudan
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2SS
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionSub-saharan Africa
cg.creator.identifierPaul Dorosh: 0000-0001-6049-6018
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Development Strategy and Governance Division
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot ranked
cg.placeWashington, DCen
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen
dc.contributor.authorDorosh, Paul A.en
dc.contributor.authorRashid, Shahiduren
dc.contributor.authorChilds, Abigailen
dc.contributor.authorvan Asselt, Joannaen
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-01T02:57:13Zen
dc.date.available2024-08-01T02:57:13Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/151421
dc.titleEnhancing food security in South Sudan: The role of public food stocks and cereal importsen
dcterms.abstractSouth 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 securityen
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationDorosh, 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/10568/151421en
dcterms.extent56 pagesen
dcterms.isPartOfIFPRI Discussion Paperen
dcterms.issued2015-11-26
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
dcterms.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/154938en
dcterms.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/156191en
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/9780812245295en
dcterms.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/156559en
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/129824en
dcterms.subjectsorghumen
dcterms.subjectimportsen
dcterms.subjectfood policiesen
dcterms.subjectfood stocksen
dcterms.subjectcerealsen
dcterms.subjectriceen
dcterms.subjectdemanden
dcterms.subjectmaizeen
dcterms.subjectagricultureen
dcterms.subjecttradeen
dcterms.subjectproductivityen
dcterms.subjectfood securityen
dcterms.subjectresilienceen
dcterms.subjectarmed conflictsen
dcterms.typeWorking Paper

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