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Global Food Security Update - Issue 10, May 2013

Food security levels are generally better than a year earlier in East Africa and the Sahel, with most areas facing either IPC phase 1 ‘minimal’ or phase 2 ‘stressed’ conditions, thanks to favorable agro-climatic conditions in 2012.

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Global Emergency Overview Snapshot 06 - 13 May 2013

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.

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Global emergency overview snapshot 29 April - 06 May 2013

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.

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World + 27 others
Price Watch: March 2013 Prices

KEY MESSAGES

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The Market Monitor - Trends of staple food prices in vulnerable countries, Issue 19 - April 2013

Global Highlights

• The global cereal price index increased by 8.8% on a year-on-year basis in the January-March 2013 quarter.This increase is driven by increases in real prices of maize and wheat (+8% and +13%, respectively).

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Global Emergency Overview Snapshot 22 - 29 April 2013

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.

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"Enormous opportunity" for ending hunger in Africa

Proposed new partnership will build on successes, political commitment

22 April 2013, Rome - Ministers and senior delegates from five African Nations met today with FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva ahead of a High-Level meeting of African and international leaders in Addis Ababa next June set to create a renewed partnership for intensifying efforts to end hunger in Africa.

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Global Emergency Overview Snapshot 15 - 22 April 2013

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Food Assistance Outlook Brief April 2013

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

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Global Emergency Overview Snapshot 08 - 15 April 2013

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.

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Global emergency overview snapshot 2 April - 08 April 2013

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.

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Global emergency overview snapshot - 25 March - 02 April 2013

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

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Price Watch: January 2013 Prices

KEY MESSAGES

  • Across most of West Africa, food prices remained stable or decreased in January as staple food availability continued to improve with the ongoing marketing season. Staple food prices increased in areas affected by flooding in Nigeria as well as in areas with market disruptions linked to conflict in northern Mali (Pages 4-6).

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Global emergency overview snapshot - 18 - 25 March 2013

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

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Global emergency overview snapshot - 11 - 18 March 2013

The Global Overview is a weekly update that collates humanitarian information from a wide range of sources. Its primary objective is to rapidly inform humanitarian decision makers by presenting a summary of major humanitarian crises, both recent and protracted.

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FESA Micro-Insurance to offer free drought insurance design

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EARS

Delft, March 2013

Aiming to serve all African farmers, FESA Micro-insurance is growing fast. But, large scale crop insurance puts special demands. Using automated insurance design and monitoring tools, EARS has developed a geo-information approach to crop insurance. Mapped insurance designs can be provided for the entire region, thus allowing for unrestricted sales. This enhanced capability is also reflected in the offer to develop proof-of-concept, free drought insurance design.

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World + 4 others
Nuevo sistema de medición del hambre y la inseguridad alimentaria

El proyecto de la FAO "Las voces de los hambrientos" se llevará a cabo en forma experimental en cuatro países

13 de marzo de 2013, Roma - Una forma nueva, más rápida y más precisa de medir el hambre y la inseguridad alimentaria en el mundo será pronto probada sobre el terreno por la FAO en varios países de forma experimental.

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New metric to be launched on hunger and food insecurity

The new metric will be field-tested in four countries, and relies on gathering information on the extent and severity of hunger from food-insecure people, through a carefully-designed annual survey to be conducted in collaboration with polling specialists Gallup, Inc.

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Une nouvelle méthode pour mesurer la faim et l’insécurité alimentaire

Une enquête annuelle pour mieux évaluer la faim dans le monde

13 mars 2013, Rome - Une nouvelle méthode, plus rapide et plus précise, pour mesurer la faim et l'insécurité alimentaire dans le monde va bientôt être testée sur le terrain par la FAO dans plusieurs pays pilotes.

Cette nouvelle approche consiste à recueillir des informations sur l'ampleur et la gravité de la faim ressentie par les personnes exposées à l'insécurité alimentaire au moyen d'une enquête annuelle élaborée avec soin, menée en collaboration avec l'institut de sondages Gallup.