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| | FEWS NET Region/Country Center |
 | | A September inter-agency assessment of Katakwi, Kumi, Pallisa, Soroti, and Tororo Districts in eastern Uganda indicates that poor rainfall performance during critical stages of crop growth resulted in low yields, approximately 60 to 65 percent of normal. |
 | | Although food stocks are adequate until the next harvest, there are pockets of food insecurity in eastern Tororo, northern Kumi, and Pallisa Districts that normally experience low rainfall, and Kapelebyong and Usuk counties in Katakwi District that are affected by civil insecurity. |
 | | It was observed that although food stocks are adequate until the next season's harvest, there are pockets of food insecurity in Tororo county (Tororo District), and northern Kumi and Pallisa Districts, areas that normally experience low rainfall, in addition to Usuk and Kapelebyong Counties in Katakwi District. |
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