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

Les efforts destinés à arrêter l’avancée du désert du Sahara avec une grande muraille verte commencent à porter leurs fruits au Sénégal où les communautés peuvent désormais cultiver des fruits et des légumes sur des terres arides. Apportant une source importante de nutrition dans les endroits touchés sévèrement par la malnutrition, le projet permet également aux communautés de faire face au changement climatique.

L’abbé Ambroise Tine, secrétaire général de Caritas Sénégal, est en France à l’occasion de la campagne action internationale du Secours Catholique. Il témoigne des difficultés alimentaires que rencontre son pays.

Un responsable de l’Office d’aide humanitaire de la Commission européenne (ECHO) a déclaré que le Sénégal faisait parti des pays à risque de pénurie alimentaire cette année. Confirmez-vous cette déclaration ?

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.

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.

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).

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

“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.

Genève / Dakar (CICR) – Des délégués du Comité international de la Croix-Rouge (CICR) ont visité aujourd’hui douze personnes détenues depuis le 3 mai par le Mouvement des forces démocratiques de Casamance (MFDC). Ces personnes, dont trois femmes, travaillaient au déminage en Casamance, région touchée par un conflit armé qui perdure.