This issue covers the period of mid - July to mid - November 2014, the first trimester of Nepalese Fiscal Year 2071/72.
This bulletin is based primarily on the outcomes of NeKSAP district food security network (DFSN) meetings held in 72 of 75 districts and the results of the NeKSAP household survey, a nationally representative sample survey, collected between October - November 2014.
In this period:
Most parts of the country were classified as minimally food insecure (Phase I), a situation where most households can secure food and non - food needs without changing livelihood strategies.
There were severe floods and landslides in some districts, particularly Banke, Bardiya, Surkhet, Dang, Kailali and Sindhupalchoak, that impacted livelihoods and food security. As a result, DFSNs classified 6 VDCs of Surkhet ( Taranga, Lekhparajul, Hariharpur, Tatopani, Ghatgaon and Dharapani) as highly food insecure (Phase III) .
DFSNs classified an additional 127 VDCs in 7 districts as moderately food insecure (Phase II) .
Sale of agricultural products (including livestock), daily wages, and remittances were major income sources that contributed to improved household food security, with their share in household income at 30, 27 and 19 percent respectively.
The main paddy and maize harvests were completed in most parts of the country .
Average household cereal stock was 372 kg, which provides roughly 4.7 months of staple food sufficiency for an average house-hold .According to the NeKSAP household survey, 85.8 percent of households had adequate food consumption . Since the last period, overall, household food consumption and dietary diversity have improved.
According to Nepal Rastra Bank, the year - on - year Consumer Price Index (CPI) was 7.2 percent in November 2014 compared to 10 percent in the corresponding period last year. The cereal grain sub - group was 12.7 percent (nearly the same as November 2013) .