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Liberia Food Security Country Brief

Year of publication 2011

Author Agriculture and Economic Development Analysis Division

Product type Document

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Food prices are showing an increasing trend as food stocks are diminishing and the country is increasingly relying on international market for food imports. Food security is particularly affected by the huge influx of refugees especially in eastern counties where host communities are stretching their food reserves. According to UNHCR, the number of refugees had substancially increased in April to some 150,000, concentrated in Nimba, Grand Gedeh and Maryland counties. The Government has t aken measures to support consumers and is appealing to the international community to assist refugees from Ivory Coast and host families near the border.

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