South Sudan is facing one of the world’s most severe food security and nutrition crises, with populations in Luakpiny and Nasir County in Upper Nile State at risk of Famine under a plausible worst-case scenario. Years of conflict, displacement, economic decline and recurrent flooding have undermined agricultural production and eroded people’s coping capacity. With up to 95 percent of the population dependent on agriculture (crop farming, fishing and pastoralism) for food and income, urgent humanitarian support is needed to prevent further deterioration.

FAO is scaling up emergency agricultural assistance to protect livelihoods and strengthen local food production. However, without sustained funding for a multisectoral response, more people will face hunger, malnutrition and the threat of famine.