Washington, DC - Sakina Mati is a farmer and community leader in the village of Guidan Batoye, in the Maradi Region of Niger. She began to manage the regeneration of useful trees on her fields 15 years ago together with other women farmers in the village. While she started with no trees on her farm, she now has up to 150 trees. She is very committed to this effort and is now leading the village committee that supervises the village-wide effort of tree and vegetation regeneration. She is among the most respected people of the village because of her commitment

I. EVENEMENTS CLES

- Près de 5 milliard de francs CFA alloués par le CERF au Burkina Faso, Guinée, Mauritanie et Niger

- Mission d'évaluation des besoins post désastres au Sénégal et au Burkina Faso

- 130 projets pour le CAP 2010

- Guinée : Commission d'enquête internationale instaurée par les Nations-Unies

II. CONTEXTE

Les pluies diluviennes qui se sont abattues de juin à octobre 2009 ont provoqué des inondations dévastatrices à travers l'Afrique de l'Ouest. Plus de 200 personnes ont péri dans les intempéries

- After getting off to a late start, the agropastoral season ended abruptly in the second dekad of September, with preliminary figures generally putting grain and pasture production more than 25 percent below annual consumption needs. The country's agropastoral and pastoral zones are reporting the largest production deficits, particularly in the northern reaches of the Tillabery, Tahoua, Zinder, Diffa, and Maradi regions.

- In spite of these shortfalls coming on the heels of last year's deficits in pastoral areas, a look at the current

Mensajes principales

El estado de la inseguridad alimentaria en el mundo 2009 es el 10.=BA informe de situación de la FAO sobre el hambre en el mundo desde la Cumbre Mundial sobre la Alimentación (CMA) de 1996. En el informe se destaca el hecho de que, incluso antes de que se produjeran la crisis alimentaria y la crisis económica, el n=FAmero de personas que padecían hambre había aumentado lenta pero constantemente. Sin embargo, el inicio de estas crisis provocó el incremento pronunciado del n=FAmero de personas que padecen hambre en el mundo.

Como resultado de la crisis económica

* Chad, Cameroon to fight to save lake at Copenhagen summit

* Warn of threat to 30 million people, need for resources

YAOUNDE, Oct 29 (Reuters) - The presidents of Chad and Cameroon will use December's Copenhagen climate change summit to try to save Lake Chad, which is rapidly shrinking largely due to changes in weather, the leaders said on Thursday.

Chad's Idris Deby and Cameroon's Paul Biya said climate change was responsible and the world should quickly provide the resources to save the lake, which covered 25,000 square km in 1964 but now only covers 3,000 square km.

ABUJA, Oct 28, 2009 (AFP) - African leaders meet in Nigeria on Thursday to discuss an African Union report on ways to resolve the six-year-long conflict in Sudan's western Darfur province.

Around 15 heads of African states who sit on the AU peace and security council, will examine the recommendations drawn up by a high-level AU panel led by South Africa's former president Thabo Mbeki.

The team was mandated to examine the situation in Darfur "in-depth" and propose ways on "how best the issues of accountability and combating impunity ... could be effectively

Production deficits will drive increased food insecurity in Niger in 2010

After a late start and early dry spells, Niger's 2009 rainfed cropping season ended early. Millet, the country's main staple, was generally planted late, and given the early cessation of rains, it failed to mature properly, resulting in widespread yield declines. Pasture conditions have also been poor for the second year in a row. Assuming that food markets function well, food insecurity is likely to remain moderate through December. However, next year's hunger season is expected to begin

Plus de 75 millions d'euros depuis 2005 pour sauver les enfants atteints de malnutrition

Au Sahel, l'Unicef estime que plus de la moitié des 600 000 enfants de moins de 5 ans qui meurent chaque année, meurent à cause de la malnutrition. A ce tsunami silencieux il faut ajouter les centaines de milliers d'enfants qui souffrent d'un retard de croissance à cause de la malnutrition qu'ils ont endurée dans leur petite enfance, les privant ainsi de la chance de se développer pleinement en tant qu'adultes.

La zone sahélienne est une ceinture qui