Regional Food Security and Nutrition Working Group Ebola Outbreak: Food Security Update FAO - WFP 29 January 2015.

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1 Regional Food Security and Nutrition Working Group Ebola Outbreak: Food Security Update FAO - WFP 29 January 2015

2 WHO Ebola response roadmap situation report, 28 January 2014 22 092reported cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD), with 8 810 reported deaths. Case incidence: Decreasing in Guinea and Liberia, and decreasing quickly in Sierra Leone Sierra Leone: Highest total number of reported cases (10 518cases) Data 25/01/2015

3 Farming in group discouraged Lack of farm labour Lacks of investments (cash corps as Palm oil) Quarantine : abandoned field and reduce use of material inputs Consequences: lower plantings and lower yields ⁻Ex in Gueckedou Region (Guinea) with 102 villages et 512 HH: drop in area planted of 41 673 ha in 2013 to 26 811 in 2014 (-36%) AGRICULTURE

4 Impact of EVD on agricultural production Decrease in % compared to estimates without EVD RiceMaizeCassava LiberiaNational11.6%-4.7% Lofa20%-7.3% Sierra LeoneNational8%4%3% Kailahun17%-- GuineaNational3.7%3.5%1.2% Nzerekore8.4%7.3%2.9% AGRICULTURE (FAO-WFP CFSAM) (FAO, Model DIAS)

5 Food insecure populations CountryEstimate for November 2014Projection for March 2015 Severely foodFood insecureSeverely foodFood insecure Insecuredue to EVDInsecuredue to EVD Liberia630 000170 000750 000290 000 Sierra Leone440 000100 000610 000280 000 Guinea930 000190 0001 200 000470 000 Total 2 000 000460 0002 560 0001 040 000

6 mVAM – Pays Ebola Les ménages continuent à mettre en œuvre des stratégies de survie élevées à Kailahun en Sierra Leone et Lofa au Liberia; En Guinée Forestière et dans la zone Centrale du Liberia, une tendance à la baisse de l’indice de stratégie de survie est notée; Le prix du riz local est stable ou en baisse conforme au tendance saisonnière; Bien que les termes de l’échange salaire-riz local sont en amélioration en Guinée et au Sud et Est de la Sierra Leone, on constate une détérioration au Liberia et dans les régions en Sierra Leone qui connaissent une transmission constante du virus Ebola;

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