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Minimal food insecurity through September, even in refugee areas
KEY MESSAGES
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Country-wide, poor households are able to meet essential food and non-food needs through normal livelihood strategies. From April to September 2013, households are expected to face IPC Phase 1: Minimal food insecurity.
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Though the lean season is underway in the south east, poor households are able to meet their basic food needs, either through residual stocks from 2012 harvests or through market purchases. Normal income levels and declining prices for imported rice are facilitating market food access.
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The majority of Ivorian refugees are unlikely to return home before the end of the year due to persistent civil insecurity and concerns about rebuilding their livelihoods. While most are active in income-generating activities and/or crop production, those living within camps will remain partially dependant on food assistance.