Country: South Sudan Sources: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, World Food Programme Please refer to the attached file. Highlights: The 2025 net cereal production in the traditional smallholder sector, after standardized deduction of post-harvest losses and seed use, is estimated at about 1 213 100 tonnes, 8 percent higher than the 2024 output and 27 percent above the average of the previous five years. The cereal harvested area in 2025 is estimated at 1 258 900 hectares, about 7 percent higher than in 2024 and 17 percent above the average of the previous five years. The expansion reflects an increase in the number of farming households, as returnees, mainly from the Sudan, engaged in agriculture alongside a significant number of urban households that participated in farming in nearby rural areas as a secondary source of income, encouraged by high food prices. The average cereal yield in 2025 is estimated at 1.2 tonnes/hectare, similar to 2024 and about 10 percent above the average of the previous five years, reflecting generally favourable weather conditions and limited flood-related damage to standing crops. With a projected population of about 13.88 million in mid-2026, the overall cereal production deficit in the 2026 marketing year (January/December) is estimated at 317 300 tonnes, about 9 percent lower than the 2025 deficit and 28 percent below the average deficit over the 2021–2025 period. In 2025, pests and diseases had a limited impact on crop production, apart from localized losses in some areas in Upper Nile State and in the Greater Kapoeta Region caused by Quelea Quelea (QQU) birds. By contrast, various weed species continued to significantly constrain yields across the country.

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