Good harvests and income-earning opportunities to continue Minimal acute food insecurity
Key Messages
Above-average rice harvests, the ongoing off-season harvest, and households’ above-average food stocks continue to allow good access to basic food and non-food needs in March. With typical income-earning activities generating normal levels of income, Minimal acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 1) will be maintained through at least June 2014.
Markets are currently well supplied with new harvests of rice and off-season crops, such as maize and vegetables. With the normal onset of the rains during May-June, some big producers will sell stocks to raise money to purchase agricultural inputs and hire labor. This will increase market supply and stabilize prices around this time, further contributing to good food access for poor households.
Normal income sources are providing households with average levels of income, providing access to food and other essential non-food items as their food stocks diminish in April/May.