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Moving from Agriculture and Nutrition to Farming and Food

Aaron Buchsbaum, Knowledge Management Coordinator, USAID SPRING Project | Feed the Future | Blog

One kilometer outside of Ourossogui, in the Matam Region of Senegal, Sambo’s 4-year old daughter walks towards her father, crossing a field planted with a wide variety of nutritious crops. Her skirt is turned up into a makeshift basket and stuffed with white beans—a reliable source of protein for childhood growth and micronutrients that promote brain development.

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Building resilience across communities in Senegal

Report
IFRC

By Katie Robinson, Canadian Red Cross

As in other countries across the Sahel, the lack of rainfall during 2011 left parts of Senegal facing food insecurity. This was particularly detrimental for livestock in the lean period just before the rains. In this West African country, it is estimated that some 850,000 people were directly affected by the lack of food, and 2.5 million people were affected indirectly.

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GIEWS Country Brief: Senegal 10-June-2013

FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT

  • Above-average precipitation expected in 2013

  • Cereal production recovered significantly in 2012 from previous year’s low level

  • Coarse grain prices show mixed trends, while imported rice prices remain mostly stable

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Senegalese gear up for likely flooding

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IRIN

Another round of heavy flooding during the upcoming rainy season is likely, but observers and residents say not enough has been done to reduce the risk of floods ruining homes.

IRIN:

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Senegal + 1 other
Casamance: Working with local communities to provide water

Report
ICRC

People in south-western Senegal are suffering the combined effects of a long dry season and an armed conflict. Obtaining water is a daily challenge for these communities, which rely on agriculture to survive, says ICRC.

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Senegal + 15 others
New Financing Agreements between the IDB and Number of Member Countries for USD231 Million

On the occasion of the 38th Annual Meeting of the IDB Board of Governors held in Dushanbe, Republic of Tajikistan, a number of financing agreements have been signed under which the Bank shall participate in financing new development projects in (10) member countries (in addition to the Republic of Kosovo) for a total amount of USD230.9 million , The details are as follows:

1 . The Republic of Tajikistan

Loan for USD10 million, to participate in phase-3 in the Dangara Valley Irrigation Project with the objective of poverty reduction among the population.

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Senegal Remote Monitoring Update May 2013

Minimal food insecurity expected through next harvests

KEY MESSAGES

The consolidated seasonal forecast (NOAA, ECMWF, UK MO and others ) suggests an average to above average 2013/14 rainy season, with rainfall likely to support average harvests in October.

Average household stocks, the pursuit of normal livelihood strategies, and the declining prices of imported broken rice will help to maintain Minimal (IPC Phase 1) food insecurity through September, leading up to the main harvest in October.

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UNICEF Monthly Humanitarian Situation Report Senegal - May 2013

Highlights

  • An additional 1,470 children under five with severe acute malnutrition were treated in the month of April, bringing the total admissions so far this year to 4,419 SAM cases.

  • The Region of Diourbel has seen a 50% rise in admissions from 444 children with SAM admitted in March to 657 admitted in April. This region has already treated 61% of the SAM cases targeted for all of 2013 in just four months of mostly post-harvest season (January –April).

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Senegal looking more vulnerable to extremism, instability

Report
IRIN

DAKAR, 30 May 2013 (IRIN) - As violence rages in northern Nigeria, and international peacekeepers gear up to keep the peace in northern Mali, fears abound that Islamist movements will spread across borders, stoking instability elsewhere in the region, including Senegal which is not immune to the spread of extremist rhetoric, argues a just-published report by the Institute of Security Studies (ISS).

IRIN:

A selection of IRIN reports are posted on ReliefWeb. Find more IRIN news and analysis at http://www.irinnews.org

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This article does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations or its agencies. Refer to the IRIN copyright page for conditions of use.

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Demining on hold in Senegal's Casamance Region

Report
IRIN

The suspension comes after 12 deminers were taken hostage by fighters with the separatist Movement of Democratic Forces in Casamance on 3 May.

IRIN:

A selection of IRIN reports are posted on ReliefWeb. Find more IRIN news and analysis at http://www.irinnews.org

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Workshop For "Purchase From Africans For Africa" In Senegal

“Purchase from Africans for Africa”, or PAA Africa, is an innovative programme recently launched in Senegal based on Brazil’s experience with its “Food Purchase Programme (PAA)”. The goal of PAA Africa is two-pronged: to increase access to food and support small-holder farms.

Dakar – PAA Africa is a relatively new programme that supports food purchases from smallholder farmers and focuses on the participatory and social aspects to improve food security and nutrition.

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ICRC visits people held by MFDC

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ICRC

Geneva/Dakar (ICRC) – Delegates of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) visited 12 people today who have been held since 3 May by the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC). All 12, three of whom are women, had been involved in mine-clearance operations in Casamance, a region beset by a protracted armed conflict.

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UNICEF Monthly Humanitarian Situation Report Senegal - April 2013

Highlights

  • According to government and partner data, nearly 3,000 new SAM cases have been treated in Senegal in the first quarter of 2013, adding up to 16,310 admissions since the beginning of the response. Sixteen per cent of children treated so far this year suffered from complications.

  • In April the number of nutrition facilities increased from 605 to 817, that is 87% of the UNICEF target (June 2012 to June 2013). At least half of these also have the WASH minimum package.

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Income-generating projects for displaced people in Casamance

Report
ICRC

Ziguinchor (ICRC) – With support from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), 40 people displaced by the armed conflict in Casamance are about to participate in small income-generating projects..

"The projects will help those taking part to improve their living conditions," said Thierry Parodi, head of the ICRC sub-delegation in Ziguinchor.

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In West Africa, Peace Corps Raises Profile of Undernutrition

In parts of West Africa, the Peace Corps is expanding opportunities for its Volunteers to receive training in combating hunger and undernutrition.

Peace Corps Volunteers are closely integrated with the communities they serve, often supporting local community health workers or even providing counseling themselves to caregivers responsible for the health and nutrition of family members.

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Demining speeds up in Senegal's Casamance region

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IRIN

ZIGUINCHOR, 24 April 2013 (IRIN) - Over half of the mined land in Senegal's southern Casamance region has been cleared, according to the government's anti-mines action centre, CNAMS, which says it is on track to reach the 2015 goal of the Ottawa treaty to eliminate such weapons.

According to CNAMS head Sény Diop, 630, 204 square metres have been demined, and the residents of more than 61 communities have been able to return home or access their agricultural land.

IRIN:

A selection of IRIN reports are posted on ReliefWeb. Find more IRIN news and analysis at http://www.irinnews.org

Une sélection d'articles d'IRIN sont publiés sur ReliefWeb. Trouvez d'autres articles et analyses d'IRIN sur http://www.irinnews.org

This article does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations or its agencies. Refer to the IRIN copyright page for conditions of use.

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GIEWS Country Brief: Senegal 15-April-2013

FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT

  • Cereal production recovered significantly in 2012 from previous year’s low level

  • Coarse grain prices show mixed trends, while imported rice prices remain mostly stable

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Feature: African nations strive to stem desertification with a ‘Great Green Wall’

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UN News Service

16 April 2013 – Stretching from Dakar to Djibouti, a United Nations-backed programme dubbed the ‘Great Green Wall’ brings together 11 countries to plant trees across Africa to literally hold back the Sahara desert with a swathe of greenery, lessen the effects of desertification and improve the lives and livelihoods of communities.

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Forced-begging: west Africa's new slave trade

04/16/2013 03:12 GMT

by Frankie Taggart

DAKAR, April 16, 2013 (AFP) - On a tiny island a 20-minute ferry ride from the Senegalese capital Dakar, holidaymakers congregate around tour guides at the Maison des Esclaves museum to learn of the horrors of the Atlantic slave trade.

Yet few realise that in the religious schools dotted among their hotels modern-day slaveholders are abusing and starving thousands of west African children who are forced onto the streets to beg for their unscrupulous masters.

Agence France-Presse:

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Building Walls Against Wind And Water Erosion In Senegal

Local people are given food assistance in exchange for work on community projects that aim to rehabilitate land that has suffered from wind and water erosion.