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South Sudan: How a new country can feed its peopleEastern and Central Equatoria: Key contributingfactor is poverty. Food availability is in arelatively better state due to a relatively betterroad network, except in Kapoeta East.Western and Northern Bahr el Ghazal:The key driving factor relative to other countiesis the food supply situation. Grain shortfalls arelarge and road network largely absent.Warrap and Unity: Widespread poverty andthus limited access to food is key determinant.However, food shortfalls are the common stateof affairs and sanitation and safe water access afar cry.Jonglei: Pochalla County scores the worst on allthree measures. Much of Jonglei is inaccessibleand food shortfalls are common.Upper Nile: Utilization factors provide the mainrelative impact on the high food security scorein south of the Upper Nile state.Food supply specifically targeted at overcomingaccess and supply constraints are mostappropriate in Unity, Jonglei and Northern Bahrel Ghazal. Nutrition-based interventions have awider scope and also include Upper Nile Stateand Eastern Equatoria. Market-basedinterventions including food vouchers are moreappropriate to the more accessible and surplusareas.Figure 8.1 – Relative contribution to food insecurityfor counties with relative high levels of foodinsecurity*Eastern EquatoriaCentral EquatoriaWestern B. GhazalNorthern B. GhazalWarrapUnityJongleiUpper NileBudiKapoeta EastIkotosKapoeta SouthKapoeta NorthLopa/LafonTerekekaRagaAweil CentreAweil WestAweil EastAweil NorthTonj EastLeerKochGuitMayomPariangPanyijarRubkonaPiborPochallaAyodBor SouthAkoboKhorflusBalietUlangLuakpiny/NasirMaiwutAvailabilityAccessUtilizationSource: Population Census, 2008*Western Equatoria and Lakes are not shown because therewere no counties with severely food insecure households atthe time of this analysis49