Above average seasonal production contributes to continued Minimal food insecurity
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In addition to benefiting from increasing food stocks from an above-average harvest, poor households will earn normal levels of income from other activities such as petty trade, forestry product sales and casual labor during the 2013/2014 consumption year (October 2013-September 2014). As such, Minimal acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 1) is expected through March 2014.
Production estimates from the joint CILSS/FEWS NET/FAO/WFP/Government pre-harvest assessment indicate that 2013/2014 rice production increased by 10 percent compared to last year and by 29 percent compared to the five-year average. The production forecast for cassava is 5 percent above last year and 26 percent above the five-year average. Production increases this year can likely be attributed to government assistance and favorable weather.