East Africa Regional Programmes
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(A) Highlights

(B) Middle East, Central Asia and Eastern Europe: (1) Afghanistan, (2) Russian Federation

(C) East and Central Africa: (1) Burundi, (2) DR Congo, (3) Djibouti, (4) Eritrea, (5) Ethiopia, (6) Kenya, (7) Somalia, (8) Sudan, (9) Tanzania, (10) Uganda

(D) West Africa: (1) Chad, (2) Liberia, (3) Mauritania, (4) Sahel region

(E) Southern Africa: (1) Regional, (2) Lesotho, (3) Malawi, (4) Namibia, (5) Zambia, (6) Zimbabwe

(F) Asia: (1) Bangladesh, (2) DPR Korea, (3) Indonesia

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NAIROBI, 21 December (IRIN) - Djibouti is to benefit from a US $1.2million food-security improvement project funded by the Islamic Development Bank (IDB), Saudi Arabia and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

The FAO said in a statement issued on Monday that under the scheme, 22 Moroccan agriculture experts and technicians would be sent to Djibouti to work with local specialists.

The agreement is part of the FAO's South-South

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In Brief

Appeal No. 01.02/2004; Programme Update no. 2; Period covered: June to December 2004;

Appeal coverage: 103.4%; Outstanding needs: NoneClick here to go directly to the attached Contributions List, also available on the website.Appeal target: CHF 228,006 (USD 171,240 or EUR 146,769)

(A) Highlights
(B) Middle East, Central Asia and Eastern Europe: (1) Afghanistan, (2) Iraq

(C) East and Central Africa: (1) Burundi, (2) DR Congo, (3) Djibouti, (4) Eritrea, (5) Ethiopia, (6) RoC, (7) Rwanda, (8) Somalia, (9) Sudan, (10) Tanzania. (11) Uganda

(D) West Africa: (1) Chad, (2) Cote d'Ivoire, (3) Liberia

(E) Southern Africa: (1) Regional, (2) Lesotho, (3) Madagascar, (4) Malawi, (5) Mozambique, (6) Namibia , (7) Swaziland, (8) Zambia, (9) Zimbabwe

(F) Asia: (1) Bangladesh, (2) DPR Korea

SUMMARY AND IMPLICATIONS

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NAIROBI, 22 October (IRIN) - The pastoral zones of northwestern and southeastern Djibouti are likely to experience worsening food shortages during the next six months as a result of inadequate rainfall, a famine early warning agency reported on Thursday.

In the southeast, people who moved to Geustir with their livestock in August in search of pasture have still not returned to their home areas, a factor that had delayed school opening, particularly in Beyadde, the Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWS

Food security conditions precarious in two pastoral zones

Poor March to April rains (Sougoum/Diraac) followed by the failure of the main inland July - September rains (Karan/Karma) have threatened the food security of around 2,000 families in the Southeast Pastoral Border Sub-Zone and the Northwest Pastoral Zone of Djibouti (See map below). Prospects are not promising for the Karan/Karma-dependent areas (the interior plans and highlands), which face a six month dry season before the next rainy season resumes in April 2005.

Introduction
The Programmes proposed in this paper come in the context of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture development Programme (CAADP) which has been endorsed by the African Heads of State and Government as a framework for the restoration of agriculture growth, food security, and rural development in Africa.