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Djibouti
5.Commercial cereal import
6.Humanitarian food support
5. Comparing January – June 2012 with the same period last year (January – June 2011), was there any change in the
amounts of cereal supply from primary and secondary sources? Use the following codes to indicate the changes from
both the primary and secondary cereal supply sources:
1 –Significant Increase; 2 – Some Increase; 3-­‐ Relatively same amount; 4 – Some Decrease; 5 – Significant Decrease; 6 –
Complete Termination
Cereal supply sources Change in cereal supply between Jan-­‐Jun 2012 compared to Jan-­‐Jun 2011
Sorghum Maize Rice Wheat Flour Wheat Grain
1.Somalia (specify regions)
a.
b.
c.
d.
2.Cross-­‐border trade with Ethiopia
3. Cross-­‐border trade with Kenya
4. Cross-­‐border trade with Djibouti
5. Commercial Import
6. Was there any month (s) between January – June 2012 when your region experienced a shortage of cereals on the
markets compared to normal?
a) Yes [ ] b) No [ ] If the answer is “No” proceed to question 9
7. Please indicate between January – June 2012 the month (s) with the shortage of cereal supply in your region?
Cereals
a) Sorghum
b) Maize
Jan
’12
Feb ‘12 March‘12 April ‘12 May ‘12 June ‘12 Do not know
c) Rice
d) Wheat flour
e) Wheat grain
8. What were the major reasons leading to the shortage of cereals in your region in the indicated months between
January – June 2012? Please rank the problems in order of importance (1 being the most important)
Major constraints
Ranking
a) Poor market infrastructure (lack of markets)
b) Poor road conditions
c) Insecurity (restricted trade movement)
d) Low production
e) Low supply from outside
f) High cost of transportation
g) Reduced ability of cereal purchases among population (low income)
h) Increased demand
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Issued October 18, 2012