i) Food access indicators i.e. food consumption, coping strategies, household hunger scale and dietary diversity have improved slightly compared to July 2016 and this could be as a result of the scaling up of the lean season assistance by the various players. ii) Cereal prices were reported to be stable and in some districts going down slightly. iii) Midlands’s province reported poor household food access indicators i.e. poor consumption and high coping strategies. iv) The cash transfer value of $7 need to be closely monitored in all cash districts to ensure it remains adequate to purchase the intended basket.
