Highlights
- The fifth round coincided with the post harvest period when food security is assumed still to be relatively good. This round is also the first round that allows for comparison with the same period last year.
- IDPs and residents have a similar food security situation compared with February 2009 while mixed communities have significantly more households in the food secure category compared to last year.
- In terms of food consumption, mixed communities have a significantly higher proportion of households in the acceptable category and remain stable among IDPs and residents compared with same time last year.
- The cost of the minimum healthy food basket has reduced compared to the last three rounds, which is attributed to lower prices of sugar, dry tomatoes and onions common during this time of the year.
- The income levels for IDPs and mixed communities are similar to that of February 2009, while residents have less income than last year, most likely attributed to lower income generated from the sale of cereals due to the poor harvest.
- Consequently, the purchasing power for IDPs and mixed communities remain the same as in February 2009 and greatly improved since the last round. Residents' purchasing power has also greatly improved since last round but is slightly lower than the same time last year.
- As a result of insecurity there have been population movements and displacements in Nertiti, Zalingi and Mukjar cluster.