The August/September 2015 Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report is the second detailed food security and nutritional analysis report produced by the South Sudan Integrated Food Security Classification in the year 2015.
The IPC process started with state level IPC analyses for the 8 states of Eastern Equatoria, Western Equatoria, Lakes, Warrap, Western Bahr el Ghazal, Northern Bahr el Ghazal, Upper Nile and Jonglei in late August and early September followed by a 12-day national-level analysis workshop in Nimule from 8th to 19th September.
The Nimule workshop was open to other Food Security and Livelihoods Cluster members who are not directly involved in the IPC but had some information and analysis to contribute. The workshop was attended by at most 94 participants from 16 organizations which included government ministries, UN agencies, and NGOs. On 2nd October, the IPC draft report received a technical. Thereafter, the RSSFSC, NBS and MAFCRD presented to the Deputy Minister for MAFCRD.
On the 22nd October 2015, the GRSS endorsed and released the IPC Report. The IPC report was released by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, in the presence of Minister of Agriculture, Minister of Health, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Chairperson of RRC publicly endorsed the IPC results in a press release and followed by a press conference.