In Somalia, needs will be highest among IDPs and the pastoral destitute when the lean season approaches in October.

Adecuado abasto de granos básicos mantiene seguridad alimentaria estable

MENSAJES CLAVES

• El inicio de la época lluviosa marca el principio de la siembra de granos básicos. Con excepción del norte, los suelos tienen un déficit de húmedad acumulada desde diciembre, lo que podría ocasionar menores rendimientos o la resiembra del cultivo, con repercusiones en la cosecha.

El gobierno de Guatemala, la cooperación japonesa y el Banco Mundial (BM) inauguraron el lunes un proyecto productivo para ayudar a mil pequeños productores en comunidades del Corredor Seco a adaptar sus prácticas agrícolas y mejorar su productividad.

El proyecto, financiado por una donación de 2.5 millones de dólares del Fondo Japonés de Desarrollo Social y administrado por el BM, “tiene el objetivo de fortalecer la capacidad de los campesinos de hacerle frente a la inseguridad alimentaria”.

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.

2.1 Objetivo general

Establecer la situación de seguridad alimentaria y nutricional en la zona evaluada, teniendo como elemento de análisis principal el impacto en medios de vida, seguridad alimentaria, estado nutricional de niñez menor de 5 años, estrategias de respuesta de la población afectada, y pronóstico de recuperación de la población en los meses posteriores al estudio.

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01/12/2013 05:29 GMT

by Madeleine Coorey

SYDNEY, Jan 12, 2013 (AFP) - Firefighters were battling scores of wildfires raging in Australia Saturday, as a government commission warned that climate change had raised the risk of scorching heatwaves becoming more frequent.

In the eastern state of New South Wales, some 1,000 firefighters were attempting to douse about 94 wildfires, about dozen uncontained, while fires were also burning in neighbouring Victoria and Queensland states.

0 . MAJOR CHANGES SINCE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE HIP

As funds for this HIP had been completely allocated, an additional amount of EUR 800,000 has been added to enable response to valid and urgent funding proposals submitted to DG ECHO under this HIP.

1 . CONTEXT

The nutrition cluster is a very important entity to coordinate actions during emergencies. It is important that the nutrition cluster know in advance which institutions work where and what kind of inputs are pre-positioned. Risk management plans need to be ready at the local level in advance of emergencies. Although emergencies occur every year in Guatemala, the emergency response often fails to incorporate the management of malnutrition among its priority actions.

An earthquake with magnitude 5.6 has hit South Khorasan province in Iran, killing at least eight people and injuring 12. As of 6 December, no further information available