FAO: South Sudan Food Insecurity Deepens

The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization says it has less than half the funding it needs to help ensure food security in parts of South Sudan. The agency wants to send emergency livelihood kits to farmers, fishers and pastoralists as the risk of famine grows. The FAO has appealed for $108-million for its revised Crisis Response Plan. But so far it’s received just $42-million. Jeff Tschirley, who’s in charge of the agency’s Emergency and Rehabilitation Division, said conflict is...

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