DAKAR, 28 January 2010 (IRIN) – Governments, aid agencies and donors must join forces now to ensure that severe food insecurity in the Sahel does not lead to famine, says the European Commission humanitarian aid department (ECHO).
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 IRIN  27/01/2010DAKAR, 27 January 2010 (IRIN) – The agro-pastoral areas of Diffa and Zinder in southern Niger are likely to see a rise in food shortages and malnutrition in the coming months, according to an assessment by the US-funded Famine Early Warning System. http://www.fews.net/niger/ IRIN 20/01/2010NAIROBI, 20 January 2010 (IRIN) – At least 30 districts in central and eastern Kenya have reported cases of armyworm and bollworm infestation, raising concerns over damage to crops in affected areas after a prolonged drought.
IRIN 19/01/2010MONROVIA, 19 January 2010 (IRIN) – Farmers are turning to urban gardens as a way to boost food security in Liberia’s Montserrado County, where just one percent of residents grow their own produce today compared to 70 percent before the war.
IRIN 22/10/2009DAKAR, 22 October 2009 (IRIN) – Irregular and below-average rains in parts of northeastern Nigeria and eastern Niger have shortened the growing season for many farmers, sparking malnutrition and food insecurity concerns among aid groups and analysts. IRIN 15/09/2009NAIROBI, 15 September 2009 (IRIN) – The number of people who do not have enough to eat in Southern Sudan has increased significantly from initial projections, due to poor rains and escalating conflict between communities, a food early warning agency has said. IRIN 03/10/2008A combination of poor rains, decreased food production and the knock-on effects of increased global prices would adversely affect vulnerable groups in Eritrea this year, aid agencies warned. “Spikes in acute malnutrition among children are being seen in parts of Eritrea,” the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said. “Increased numbers of Eritrean [...] IRIN 26/09/2008Le gouvernement d’union, nouvellement formé au Zimbabwe, n’a pas beaucoup de points communs. Mais lorsqu’il s’agit de la question des terres, la ZANU-PF, le parti du président Robert Mugabe, et le Mouvement pour le changement démocratique (MDC) de Morgan Tsvangirai partagent le même point de vue : il n’est [...] IRIN 26/09/2008For 17 years, the Sweden-based non-profit Eden Foundation has been working with hundreds of farmers in one of Niger’s most arid zones to disprove the reigning logic that the desert is a tough place to nurture plant- and human- life through its research and free seed distribution. Coordinator Josef [...] IRIN 26/09/2008Poor rains and rising rice prices have contributed to increasing malnutrition to alarming levels in at least three regions of Senegal. Following a rapid assessment in July 2008 by the UN and the Ministry of Health, the government has confirmed a malnutrition crisis in three of the five surveyed [...] |
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