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Good harvests improve the food situation despite COVID-19 and floods
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Good rainfall recorded during the season, with surplus accumulations, promoted smooth progress for the 2020/2021 agropastoral season. Despite the succession of dry spells followed by flooding in certain areas, production is expected to be average to slightly above average. Households in most agricultural and agropastoral areas should not suffer food insecurity (IPC Phase 1) as a result of the good harvests underway.
In the Sahel, cereal markets continue to show higher prices than the five-year average due to severe flooding and high transportation costs associated with COVID-19 measures. Food access for poor households remains limited by the high price of millet compared to the average in Abéché (+15 percent), Biltine (+9 percent), and Moussoro (+14 percent).
COVID-19 response measures, including curfews and travel restrictions, continue to affect the country’s economic activity. This has had a significant impact on poor and very poor households, limiting their work opportunities. Poor households in Bahr-el-Gazal and Kanem can meet their consumption needs, as in a normal year, but cannot afford non-food expenses. They are Stressed (IPC Phase 2).
Displaced persons and host households in Lac continue to depend on assistance, rainfed harvests, and wild products. They can meet their consumption needs but could not afford essential non-food expenses. They will be Stressed (IPC Phase 2!) as a result of assistance. Households in Tibesti face deficits due to limited access to food as a result of COVID-19 causing price increases in the markets. They are in Crisis (IPC Phase 3).