Highlights
- In a sign of deterioration, the proportion of food insecure1 households among surveyed protracted IDPs in Darfur increased from 43 to 58 percent from May 2016 to May 2017.
- Surveyed South Sudanese refugees continued to experience worse food insecurity: 78 percent of households were food insecure. These communities exhibit some of the worst food insecurity in Sudan.
- Sorghum prices in Darfur are higher than the country average and three-year average except for Central Darfur. The price of a local food basket3 in May 2017 was 67 percent higher than in May 2016.
- The deterioration was unexpected, given that the 2016/17 agricultural season was better than the one before. WFP and its partners are investigating the drivers of vulnerability. Long-standing food security constraints remain in the population: high food prices, high transportation costs, displacement, marginal livelihoods and limited access to livelihoods.