1. Food Security Update 6 November 2013

2. Better Prepared And Ready to Help Emergency Preparedness Mission Nepal February 2011 Main sources of cereal consumed in rural communities

3. Better Prepared And Ready to Help Emergency Preparedness Mission Nepal February 2011 Cereal Availability Own produced HH cereal stocks low/ depleted in food insecure areas Purchases main source in most cereal deficit areas: demand high & increasing Availability on most markets is good (grain in N. districts, m/meal in the S.) Source areas – more distant, dwindling stocks Govt - Grain Loan Scheme & cash transfers (few districts, low coverage) WFP FFA, H&N, WFP & CC STA programmes

4. Better Prepared And Ready to Help Emergency Preparedness Mission Nepal February 2011 Cereal Prices Cereal prices: increasing since June; higher than last year Maize price: Oct 2013 ($0.43/kg) 5% higher than Spt ($0.41/kg); 26% higher than Oct 2012 ($0.34/kg); Unrefined maize meal: Oct 2013 rural average $0.63/kg, 15% higher than Oct 2012 ($0.55/kg); 47% higher than average maize grain price (southern districts worst affected)

5. Better Prepared And Ready to Help Emergency Preparedness Mission Nepal February 2011 Average rural maize grain prices – Oct 2013 Average rural maize grain prices by province – October 2013 Province Price per kilogram in $ MinimumMaximum Average Oct 2013 Average Oct 2012 % change Manicaland0.290.460.390.3318 Mash Central0.340.400.370.2454 Mash East0.340.510.440.3429 Mash West0.290.340.30 0 Masvingo0.400.460.450.3625 Mat North0.400.570.510.3355 Mat South0.400.510.46 0 Midlands0.290.570.450.3432 National0.290.570.430.3426

6. Better Prepared And Ready to Help Emergency Preparedness Mission Nepal February 2011 Livestock-grain terms of trade Livestock condition deteriorating in many places; average prices going down Average cattle prices down 5% from $341.48/head in Spt ‘13 to $324.33 in Oct ‘13 Livestock-grain ToT unfavourable to livestock holder; e.g. Oct ’13 goat = 75 kg maize, 3% lower than Spt ’13 (77kg), & 11% lower than Oct 2012 (84kg)

7. Better Prepared And Ready to Help Emergency Preparedness Mission Nepal February 2011 Livelihood Issues Rainfall season performance Cost of food basket increasing despite stable inflation env Limited and low-income livelihood options Coping : casual labour, petty trading, small livestock sales, brick molding & stone crushing, small scale mining, fuel wood sales, cross border activities, barter, sch drop outs; immature fruits Crop input support programmes: Govt targeting 1.6 mil HHs Producer pricing: maize, tobacco, cotton Potential urban displacements