DAKAR, 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/
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 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 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 [...] |
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