LES POINTS MARQUANTS

• Un projet d’amélioration de la compétitivité agricole au Cameroun motive les jeunes à devenir agriculteurs.
• Ce projet vise à améliorer les revenus des agriculteurs en augmentant leur productivité et leurs rendements.
• 40 000 petits producteurs et entrepreneurs vont bénéficier de ce projet.

Yaoundé, le 18 juin 2013 _ Au Cameroun, on observe un retour des jeunes à la terre, une tendance étroitement liée au lancement il y a trois ans du « projet d’amélioration de la compétitivité agricole » (PACA).

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GENEVA, June 18, 2013 (AFP) - At least 9,000 people have fled violence in northern Nigeria and crossed into neighbouring countries as a government offensive aims to end a four-year Islamist insurgency, the UN said on Tuesday.

In addition to those refugees, a local official in northeastern Nigeria, where the violence has been concentrated, has said some 19,000 wheat and rice farmers have been chased away from fields, raising concerns over potential food shortages.

The Global Overview collates information from a range of sources and displays it in a manner that allows for quick comparison of different humanitarian crises.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Overall food security situation in the Sahel remains stable, although localized food price increases and rising insecurity across the region cause concern

• U.S. Government (USG) provides an additional $56.5 million to food-insecure and conflict-affected Sahelian populations

HIGHLIGHTS

 Despite good agricultural production in 2012 and good conditions for pastoralists, the situation in the Sahel remains critical, mostly due to the impact of the 2012 crisis as well as previous recent crises. Approximately 10.3 million people remain food insecure in 2013 and over 1.4 million children are at risk of severe acute malnutrition.

WASHINGTON, le 11 juin 2013 - Le Conseil des administrateurs de la Banque mondiale a aujourd’hui approuvé une subvention de l’IDA* de 108 millions de dollars dans le but de soutenir les efforts du gouvernement camerounais visant à remettre en état les digues, les barrages et les systèmes d’irrigation, ainsi qu’à améliorer la préparation aux catastrophes dans la région de l’Extrême-Nord du Cameroun.

Despite better rains and harvest projections for 2013, over 11 million people are affected by food insecurity. The humanitarian appeal is only 36 per cent funded.

Mainly women, children and elderly people seek safety in neighboring Niger, putting a strain on meager local food and water resources. People are also fleeing to Cameroon and Chad.