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Strong biosecurity measures needed to contain bird flu Implementing strong biosecurity measures coupled with good hygiene are required to contain the spread of the H7N9 strain of avian influenza virus, Hiroyuki Konuma, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific told a press conference in Bangkok on April 11. The virus had infected 82 people and killed 17 in China by April 19.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Food purchasing power of households increased in rural and urban areas by 7.4% and 4.4% month-on-month, respectively.

• Retail price of lowest quality rice decreased in rural and urban areas by 2.8% and 1.1% month-on-month, respectively.

• Wholesale price of mixed rice decreased by 1.3% month-on-month and by 4.8% year-on-year.

• Export price of Thai and Vietnamese rice showed different trends: Thai rice prices decreased by 0.9% month-on-month and Vietnamese rice prices remained stable month-on-month.

Introduction

TSF en 2012

Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF) est la première ONG mondiale spécialisée en télé- communications d'urgence. Depuis 1998, TSF assiste les populations vulnérables du monde entier à travers trois champs d'actions :

Réponse à l'urgence

In focus

• Recent or ongoing harvests are generally contributing to greater food security in most parts of East Africa, West Africa, Central America and Asia while food insecurity levels are reaching their annual peak in Southern Africa.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Food purchasing power of households increased in rural and urban areas by 5.9% and 7.4% month-on-month, respectively.

• Retail price of lowest quality rice decreased in rural and urban areas by 1.6% and 2.1% month-on-month, respectively.

• Wholesale price of mixed rice increased by 2.1% month-on-month and by 6.4% year-on-year.

NATURAL DISASTERS IN 2012

After an intense year of natural disasters in 2011, countries in the Asia-Pacific region welcomed a reduction in the number of events in 2012. OCHA and the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters recorded 93 natural disaster events in 2012, in which over 3,200 people were killed and more than 75 million people were affected. China and the Philippines experienced the most disasters in 2012.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Food purchasing power of households increased in rural and urban areas by 7.5% and 8.6% month-on-month, respectively.

• Retail price of lowest quality rice decreased in rural and urban areas by 6.0% and 1.0% month-on-month, respectively.

• Wholesale price of mixed rice decreased by 4.6% month-on-month and by 5.7% year-on-year.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Food purchasing power of households increased in rural and urban areas by 9.1% and 0.4% month-on-month, respectively.

• Retail price of lowest quality rice decreased in rural areas by 3.8% and increased in urban areas by 0.2% month-on-month.

• Wholesale price of mixed rice increased by 2.2% month-on-month and decreased by 10.9% year-on-year.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Food purchasing power of households decreased in rural and urban areas by 6.2% and 3.4% month-on-month respectively.

• Retail price of lowest quality rice increased in both rural and urban areas by 3.8% and 1.6% month-on-month respectively.

• Wholesale price of mixed rice increased by 1.8% month-on-month and decreased by 2.6% year-on-year.