Estimated two hundred thousand people in Juba are now food insecure, according to Food Security and Nutrition partners in their new survey.
They report that more than 80 percent have resorted to crisis or emergency coping strategies due to the stress households are facing.
The surveyors add that over 90 percent of households have reduced the number of meals per day and 53 percent have spent days without eating.
Borrowing of food, eating unusual wild fruits and skipping days without eating tripled in 2016 compared to 2015, Food Security and Nutrition partners report.
The surveyors warn that food insecurity is likely to worsen from January to April 2017.
The food insecurity is expected to hit the highest point from May to July 2017, Food Security and Nutrition partners add.
They attribute the deteriorating food security situation mainly to the rates of inflation, deteriorating South Sudanese Pound, loss of employment opportunities among others.
In October 2016, South Sudan’s inflation rate was the highest in the world.
Poor access to basic services, crowded living environment, conflict and insecurity around Juba worsened the situation.