This issue covers the period between July to September 2012. The period is characterized as an agricultural lean season during the monsoon (July-August), as well as the summer crop harvesting season from September onwards. The food security situation typically deteriorates during the lean season, and improve gradually with the incoming summer crop harvest.
This issue covers the period January to March 2012, and focuses on the food security updates of the Mid and the Far Western Hill and Mountain (MFWHM) districts. January-March is an agricultural lean period in Nepal.
This issue mostly covers the period of October-December 2011, the harvesting season of the main summer crops of paddy, maize and millet. The overall food security situation is reportedly good across the country, considered to be one of the best seasons since mid-2006 when the IPCbased Food Security Phase Classification was first introduced.