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<p>No famine has currently been declared in South Sudan, although the risk remains
high. The latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report for South
Sudan was published in January 2019. This projected that 6.87 million people, 60%
of the population, would experience severe levels of food insecurity (IPC phases 3
to 5) between May and July 2019 – including 50,000 people experiencing ‘Catastrophe’,
or famine-like, levels of food insecurity (IPC Phase 5). The food security crisis
in South Sudan is man-made, and driven by conflict. Without peace, the humanitarian
crisis will continue to worsen.</p><p> </p><p>We are at the forefront of the international
response to the crisis, and UK aid is saving lives. Between 2016 and 2020, the UK
is providing £122.3 million of emergency food assistance and £56 million of food security
and livelihoods assistance to South Sudan. Our food aid is provided to the most vulnerable
populations and reached more than 330,000 people in 2018. Where the context is more
stable, we build resilience and tackle the underlying causes of food insecurity by
working with traders and small producers to kick-start and scale-up markets, and with
households to diversify their income sources. The UK is also putting pressure on all
conflict parties to commit to the implementation of the revitalised peace agreement.</p>
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