Niger Drought May 1985 UNDRO Situation Reports 1 - 10

UNDRO 85/1000

NIGER - DROUGHT
SITREP NO. 1
3 MAY 1985

1. IN VIEW OF THE AGGRAVATION OF THE DROUGHT IN NIGER, THE HEAD OF STATE HAS REQUESTED UNDRO TO LAUNCH AN APPEAL FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE.

SITUATION

2. 39.4 PER CENT OF THE POPULATION ARE AFFECTED, 400,000 PEOPLE ARE DISPLACED, ARRIVING FROM THE REGION NORTH OF THE 15TH DEGREE OF LATITUDE WHICH IS CONSIDERED AS PARTICULARLY DROUGHT STRICKEN.

4. 10.977 MT SUPPLEMENTARY FOOD ASSISTANCE (CSM, MILK, SUGAR, EDIBLE OIL, ETC.) HAVE BEEN PROMISED OF WHICH 722 MT RECEIVED.

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE

5. A MINISTERIAL COORDINATION COMMITTEE CHAIRED BY THE PRIME MINISTER HAS BEEN FORMED.

6. PURCHASE OF 100 TARPAULINS 15 M X 15 M WITH GOVERNMENT FUNDS HAS BEEN CONFIRMED.

7. THE PREFECTS HAVE RECEIVED AUTHORIZATION TO REQUISITION ALL THE VEHICLES IN THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONS.

8. GOVERNMENT TAKING STEPS TO RETURN THE AFFECTED POPULATION TO THEIR ORIGINAL SITES AND TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF OFFICIALS RESPONSIBLE FOR FOOD DISTRIBUTION.

9. DUE TO THE SERIOUSNESS OF ECONOMIC, TECHNICAL, AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS, THE GOVERNMENT HAS CONTACTED BILATERAL AND MULTILATERAL DONORS ASKING FOR EMERGENCY RELIEF ASSISTANCE.

URGENT UNMET NEEDS

10. PRESENTLY, THE MAJOR NEED IS TO ENSURE THE LOCAL DISTRIBUTION AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL. THE DONORS UNDERTOOK TO DELIVER THE TOTALITY OF PLEDGED CEREALS (196.000 MT) TO THE 7 REGIONAL CAPITALS AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE. TRANSPORT COSTS FOR PART OF CEREALS (124.500 MT) FROM THESE 7 CAPITALS TO OTHER DISTRIBUTION CENTRES ALSO PROVIDED BY DONORS. TRANSPORT AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE BALANCE (71.500 MT), AT AN AVERAGE COST OF US DLRS 28 PER TON TOTALLING US DLRS 2,000,000, ARE STILL TO BE COVERED.

11. SUPLEMENTARY FOOD AID (IN MT):


12. PURCHASE AND PLANTING OF SEEDS (MILLET/SORGHUM, BEANS - NIEBE - AND SEEDS FOR OUT-OF-SEASON PLANTING) ESTIMATED AT US DLRS 1,800,000.

13. ACTIVITES FOR STORAGE AND DRYING OF MEAT (6 MONTHS) ESTIMATED AT US DLRS 1,537,900.

14. HEALTH PROTECTION OF LIVESTOCK (10 MONTHS) ESTIMATED AT US DLRS 550,000.

15. TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS: 50 TRUCKS OF WHICH 16 LARGE-SIZE AND THE BALANCE 10-TON LORRIES PLUS 14 TOYOTA DIESEL 4 X 4 'STATION WAGON' TYPE HJ60 FOR INCREASING INTERNAL DISTRIBUTION CAPACITY.

16. CONTRIBUTIONS: (GENEVA CONVERENCE ON AFRICA, 11-15 MARCH 85)



(++) - VALUE NOT REPORTED TO UNDRO

17. DONORS ARE REQUESTED TO KEEP UNDRO INFORMED OF THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS AND CORRESPONDING VALUE.

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UNDRO 85/1264

NIGER - DROUGHT
UNDRO SITREP NO. 2
4 JUNE 1985

SITUATION

1. IN OCTOBER 1984 GOVERNMENT OF NIGER ANNOUNCED LARGE FOOD DEFICIT DUE TO LONG DROUGHT.

2. PRESENT ANNUAL NEEDS ARE 394,500 TONS. VARIOUS DONORS HAVE PLEDGED 272,515 TONS OF WHICH ONLY 100,024 TONS DELIVERED BY 22 MAY 1985. 179,491 TONS STILL REQUIRED BEFORE RAINY SEASON LEAVING DEFICIT OF 121,985 TONS. PRINCIPAL DONORS ARE: BELGIUM, CHINA, FRANCE, FED. REP. GERMANY, GABON, ITALY, IVORY COAST, LUXEMBOURG, NETHERLANDS, SAUDI ARABIA, SPAIN, TOGO, UNITED STATES, WFP AND EEC.

3. DUE NEARNESS OF RAINY SEASON, NIGER AUTHORITIES FEEL OBLIGED DISTRIBUTE FOOD URGENTLY AND PLAN REQUISITION PRIVATE VEHICLES THROUGHOUT COUNTRY.

URGENT APPEAL

4. NIGER GOVERNMENT HAS ASKED UNDRO TO LAUNCH INTERNATIONAL APPEAL TO COVER EXPENSES FOOD TRANSPORTATION.

BUDGET

5. NECESSARY BUDGET TO TRANSPORT 202,500 TONS CEREALS FROM DISTRICTS EACH DEPARTMENT TO MOST DISTANT DISTRIBUTING POINTS ESTIMATED AT 1,888,196,374 FR. CFA (APPROX. US DLRS 4,017,450).

CONTRIBUTIONS

6. FOLLOWING DONOR COUNTRIES HAVE ANNOUNCED SPECIAL CONTRIBUTIONS:

FED. REP. GERMANY HAS FINANCED THE TRANSPORT OF ITS FOOD AID TO DISTRIBUTION POINTS.

7. FR. CFA 506,146,274 (US DLRS 1,096,915) ARE REQUESTED FROM INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY.

8. DONORS ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM UNDRO DIRECTLY, PREFERABLY BY TELEX (28148 UNDR CH), OF THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS AND VALUE.

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UNDRO 85/1343

NIGER - DROUGHT
UNDRO SITREP NO. 3
13 JUNE 1985

INTERNAL DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD AID

1. ON 4 JUNE 1985 UNDRO LAUNCHED AN APPEAL FOR US DLRS 1 MILLION TO MEET NEEDS FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO COVER COSTS OF INTERNAL TRANSPORT OF 202,500 MT CEREALS.

2. FOLLOWING THIS APPEAL, EEC HAS ANNOUNCED TO UNDRO A NEW CONTRIBUTION OF ECUS 1 MILLION (US DLRS 738,900) FOR INTERNAL TRANSPORT. (THIS BRINGS EEC CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THIS PURPOSE TO A TOTAL OF US DLRS 1,357,200, 618,300 PREVIOUSLY ALLOCATED PLUS 738,900).

3. CONSEQUENTLY A BALANCE OF US DLRS 260,000 REMAINS TO BE MET URGENTLY.

4. DONORS ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM UNDRO DIRECTLY, PREFERABLY BY TELEX (28148 UNDR CH), OF THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS AND VALUE.

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UNDRO 85/1358

NIGER - DROUGHT
UNDRO SITREP NO. 4
14 JUNE 1985

INTERNAL DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD AID

1. FOLLOWING A REQUEST BY THE GOVERNMENT OF NIGER, UNDRO LAUNCHED AN APPEAL ON 4 JUNE 1985 FOR THE SUM OF US DLRS 1 MILLION TO COVER COSTS OF INTERNAL TRANSPORT OF FOOD AID.

2. IN UNDRO SITUATION REPORT NO. 3 DATED 13 JUNE 1985, UNDRO ANNOUNCED THE CONTRIBUTION BY THE EEC OF US DLRS 738,900. A BALANCE OF US DLRS 260,000 REMAINED TO BE MET.

3. IN RESPONSE TO THIS REPORT THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM HAS INFORMED UNDRO TODAY THAT US DLRS 260,000 WOULD BE TRANSFERRED TO MEET THE BALANCE.

4. AS A RESULT THE TARGET OF THE ORIGINAL APPEAL OF 4 JUNE HAS BEEN FULLY MET.

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UNDRO 85/1618

NIGER - DROUGHT
UNDRO SITREP NO. 5
19 JULY 1985

THIS SITUATION REPORT IS ISSUED IN CONSULTATION WITH (OEOA).

I) SITUATION

A) GENERAL

RECENT REPORT BY UNDP/UNDRO RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE INDICATES THAT NIGER STILL NEEDS LARGE-SCALE EMERGENCY AID AS IT IS SUBJECT TO THE WORST DROUGHT IN 70 YEARS (PARTICULARLY DEPARTMENTS AGADEZ, DIFFA, TAHOUA AND ZINDER) AND TO SERIOUS ECONOMIC RECESSION. GOVERNMENT CONSIDERS CURRENT GLOBAL FIGURE OF SEVERELY AFFECTED PEOPLE AS HAVING REACHED SOME 3,000,000. 400,000 OF MOST SEVERELY AFFECTED PEOPLE HAVE HAD TO BE TEMPORARILY RESETTLED AT 913 SITES WHERE SMALL-SCALE IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE HAS BEEN INTRODUCED WHEN FEASIBLE.

B) HEALTH SECTOR

UNICEF ESTIMATES THAT MALNUTRITION AMONGST AFFECTED CHILDREN GROWING RAPIDLY, WHILE DISEASES SUCH AS MEASLES, WHOOPING COUGH AND CHICKEN POX ALSO REGISTER MARKED INCREASE. GASTRO-ENTERITIS OUTBREAKS TO BE FEARED AMONGST RIPARIAN POPULATIONS. RESULTS OF ON-GOING COUNTRY-WIDE MORTALITY/MORBIDITY SURVEY EXPECTED IN JULY.

C) ECONOMIC SECTORS

NO FIGURES EXIST ON NUMBER OF CATTLE DEAD FROM LACK OF FODDER. GOVERNMENT ENCOURAGED HERDERS TO REDUCE SIZE HERDS BY SLAUGTHERING NON-BREEDING ANIMALS TO PRODUCE DRIED MEAT THUS FREEING LIMITED PASTORAL ZONES FOR BREEDING CATTLE, PROVIDING MINIMUM INCOME TO HERDERS AND PROTEIN INTAKE FOR AFFECTED POPULATIONS. FISHERIES ACTIVITIES ON NIGER RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES AT STANDSTILL IN VIEW WATER LEVELS.

RECENT CONSTRUCTION SMALL EARTH DAM ACROSS NIGER RIVER AT NIAMEY, IN ADDITION TO 120 WELLS BEING DUG AROUND NIAMEY UNDER FRENCH FINANCING, IN ORDER ENSURE PROLONGED AVAILABILITY WATER SUPPLIES CAPITAL CITY. AS OF EARLY JUNE, NIGER RIVER DISCHARGE FELL TO BELOW 2.0 CUBIC METERS/SECOND AGAINST NORMAL PEAK OF 1,500 TO 2,000 CUBIC METERS/SECOND.

II) REQUIREMENTS

A) CEREAL FOOD AID

FIGURE OF 116,071 MT UNMET NEEDS BASED ON TOTAL ESTIMATED NEEDS 394,500 MT FOR TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD ENDING OCT 1985. HOWEVER, 130,909 MT PLEDGED BUT NOT YET RECEIVED TOGETHER WITH 147,520 MT ALREADY RECEIVED BUT NOT YET DISTRIBUTED CONSIDERED SUFFICIENT FOR FOUR-MONTH PERIOD JULY THROUGH OCT 1985, ON BASIS AVERAGE MONTHLY NEEDS APPROX. 30,000 MT.

B) NON-CEREAL FOOD AID (CSM, MILK, OIL, SUGAR)


C) HEALTH

IN ABSENCE UPDATED DETAILED DATA, UNICEF IN CONSULTATION WITH WHO, CURRENTLY CARRYING OUT FURTHER ASSESSMENT EMERGENCY NEEDS.

D) LOGISTICS

TWO LOGISTICIANS UNDRO FINANCED AND ONE FINANCED BY FRG ASSIGNED TO 'OFFICE PRODUITS VIVRIERS DU NIGER' INVOLVED WITH DISTRIBUTION EMERGENCY FOOD AID AT 155 DISTRIBUTION POINTS. ONE LOGISTICIAN ALSO ASSIGNED TO WFP OFFICE/NIAMEY.

BASIC CORE OF 4 TEN-TON ARMY TRUCKS AVAILABLE EACH DEPARTMENT (TOTAL 28 TRUCKS). A COMPLEMENT OF 8 TWENTY-TON AND 12 TEN-TON ARMY TRUCKS ALSO AVAILABLE ON POOL BASIS FOR WHOLE COUNTRY.

MINIMUM OF FIVE GOVERNMENTAL STAFF RESPONSIBLE FOR DISTRIBUTION IN EACH DEPARTMENT.

TRUCKS FOR DISTRIBUTION EMERGENCY AID EXPECTED FROM FRG, ITALY, JAPAN AND OPEC.

TOTAL INTERNAL TRANSPORTATION COSTS BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS AND FROM CAPITALS OF DEPARTMENTS 155 FINAL DISTRIBUTION POINTS ESTIMATED AT US DLRS 3,975,150. CONTRIBUTIONS PLEDGED:


RECENT CONTRIBUTIONS IN RESPONSE TO UNDRO APPEAL (SEE UNDRO SITREPS 2-4) TO INTERNAL TRANSPORTATION COSTS SHOULD EASE SITUATION WITH DISTRIBUTION BY INTER ALIA FACILITATING REQUISITIONING/HIRING OF PRIVATE VEHICLES. NEVERTHELESS SITUATION MAY DETERIORRATE SIGNIFICANTLY WITH ARRIVAL RAINY SEASON.

III) URGENT NEEDS

TWENTY ADDITIONAL FIVE TO SEVEN-TON TRUCKS IF AVAILABLE IMMEDIATE REPEAT IMMEDIATE FUTURE COULD HELP ACCELERATE DISTRIBUTION.

FINANCING FOR ADDITIONAL SEEDS IMMEDIATELY NEEDED FOR ON-GOING SOWING SEASON: MILLET 500 MT AND COW PEAS 100 MT. LOCAL VARIETIES IMPERATIVE. AVAILABLE THROUGH OPEN RESERVE STOCKS WHICH WOULD BE REPLENISHED AFTER HARVEST.

WATER SUPPLIES: US DLRS 800,000 ALSO REQUIRED FOR DEEPENING EXISTING WELLS AND DRILLING NEW ONES FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES.

IN ADDITION, US DLRS 1,200,000 REQUIRED TO DRILL TEN BOREHOLES AT AVERAGE DEPTH 500 METERS TO SUPPLY POTABLE WATER TO RURAL POPULATIONS IN TANOUT DEPARTMENT.

IV) CONTRIBUTIONS (SINCE UNDRO SITREP NO. 1, 3 MAY 1985)


(++) VALUE NOT REPORTED TO UNDRO.

V) DONORS ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM UNDRO DIRECTLY, PREFERABLY BY TELEX (28148 UNDR CH), OF THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS AND VALUE.

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UNDRO 85/1784

NIGER - DROUGHT
UNDRO SITREP NO. 6
14 AUGUST 1985

THIS SITUATION REPORT IS ISSUED IN CONSULTATION WITH OEOA.

SITUATION

1. AFTER HAVING SUFFERED ITS WORST DROUGHT IN SEVENTY YEARS RAINS FELL IN JULY THROUGHOUT NIGER EXCEPT IN THE REGIONS OF OUALLAM, TILLABERY AND FILINGUE (60 TO 80 MILES NORTH OF NIAMEY). AS AT JULY THE FLOW OF NIGER RIVER WAS 46 CUBIC METRES/SECOND AS COMPARED 2 CUBIC METRES/SECOND IN EARLY JUNE.

2. FOLLOWING THESE RAINS, DISPLACED PEOPLE OF WHOM 400,000 HAD TO BE TEMPORARILY RESETTLED ARE INCREASINGLY RETURNING NORTH FOR SOWING SEASON. HERDSMEN WITH THEIR ANIMALS HAVE STARTED TO COME BACK FROM BENIN AND NIGERIA. PREPARATIONS FOR OFF-SEASON IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE ON SMALL PLOTS (VEGETABLES, POTATOES, SWEET POTATOES) WELL UNDERWAY.

3. WFP-ORGANIZED SUB-REGIONAL MEETING ON LOGISTICS FOR LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES HAS RECOMMENDED THAT SHIPMENTS TO NIGER SHOULD GO THROUGH NIGERIAN PORTS OF CALABAR AND PORT HARCOURT.

4. DESPITE RAINS, THE MAIN DISTRIBUTION POINTS ARE REPORTED ACCESSIBLE. DISTRIBUTION NOW PROCEEDING ACCORDING TO REVISED PLANS AND THE MONITORING OF STOCKS AND DISTRIBUTION IMPROVING. ERECTION OF SEVEN STORAGE UNITS BY WFP HAS NOW BEEN COMPLETED.

5. INTERNAL TRANSPORT SITUATION EXPECTED IMPROVE WITH ARRIVAL OF 35 TRUCKS TO BE DELIVERED END AUGUST.

FOOD AID (SOURCE WFP):

6. CEREALS:

1. NON CEREALS: (CSM, MILK, OIL, SUGAR)
   
   

PLEDGED ALREADY RECEIVED IN NIGER STILL TO BE RECEIVED
8. AS IN 1984 GOVERNMENT HAS REQUESTED THE FIELDING OF AN FAO/WFP/MULTI-DONOR MISSION FOR SEPTEMBER 1985 TO EVALUATE THE FOOD AND LIVESTOCK/PASTURE SITUATION. A WORLD BANK MISSION HAS ALREADY RECOMMENDED THAT A SECURITY STOCK OF 80,000 MT OF CEREALS BE CONSTITUTED.

9. THE REPORT UNDERTAKEN BY UNICEF, IN CONSULTATION WITH WHO, TO ASSESS ASSISTANCE RECEIVED AND IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL EMERGENCY NEEDS, HEALTH SECTOR, IS BEING FINALIZED.

NEW NEEDS: (SINCE UNDRO SITREP 5, 19 JULY 1985)

10. WATER SUPPLY: DEEPENING EXISTING WELLS AND PROVIDING NECESSARY MATERIAL FOR 300 DEEP WELLS (PUMPS, TUBING, CASING): ESTIMATED COST US DLRS 360,000.

11. HEALTH: CONSTRUCTION AND REHABILITATION OF MEDICAL CENTRES OR DISPENSARIES IN DEPARTMENT OF DIFFA.

SUMMARY OF UNMET NEEDS: US DLRS


CONTRIBUTIONS: (SINCE UNDRO SITREP NO. 5, 19 JULY 1985)


(++) - VALUE NOT REPORTED TO UNDRO.

19. DONORS ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM UNDRO DIRECTLY, PREFERABLY BY TELEX (28148 UNDR CH), OF THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS AND VALUE.

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UNDRO 85/2090

NIGER - DROUGHT
UNDRO SITREP NO. 7
26 SEPTEMBER 1985

THIS SITUATION REPORT IS ISSUED IN CONSULTATION WITH OEOA.

1. CROP AND PASTURE CONDITIONS REMAIN BELOW NORMAL BUT ARE BETTER THAN LAST YEAR. RAINFALL HAS SO FAR BEEN BELOW AVERAGE IN MOST PARTS BUT IT HAS BEEN WELL DISTRIBUTED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PARTS OF DEPARTMENTS NIAMEY, DOSSO, TAHOUA AND ZINDER WHERE DEFICIENT RAINFALL MAKES CEREAL CROP PROSPECTS UNCERTAIN.

2. FOLLOWING MEETING COUNCIL OF MINISTERS 30 AUG, GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED ENCOURAGING RESULTS OF OFF-SEASON CROP CAMPAIGN 1984- 85 AS CONTRIBUTING TO SELF-SUFFICIENCY IN FOOD PRODUCTION. GOVT REAFFIRMS DESIRE TO DOUBLE CAMPAIGN FOR 1985-86 DIVERSIFYING PRODUCTION ESPECIALLY MANIOC. TO SUPPORT ENDEAVOUR, GOVT HAS PLACED AT DISPOSITION OF 7 DEPTS APPROX US DLRS 900,000. GOVT ALSO ANNOUNCED PLANS TO ESTABLISH SECURITY CEREAL BANKS AT VILLAGE LEVEL BASED ON FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION OF FAMILIES AND MANAGEMENT BY 'CONSEIL VILLAGEOIS DE DEVELOPPEMENT' IN ORDER TO ASSURE CEREAL NEEDS DURING SOWING SEASON.

3. WITH RAINY SEASON, LIVESTOCK RAISERS HAVE BEGUN THEIR RETURN TO NIGER FROM BURKINA FASO, NIGERIA, BENIN AND MALI. GOVT HAS SET UP VACCINATION CORRIDOR ALONG NEIGHBORING BORDERS TO IMMUNIZE INCOMING CATTLE FROM LIVESTOCK AND NUTRITIONAL DISEASES. GIVEN PROMISING PASTORAL SITUATION AND LOSS OF LIVESTOCK, GOVT HAS PROHIBITED SLAUGHTER OF FEMALE LIVESTOCK AND RUMINANTS THROUGHOUT NATIONAL TERRITORY.

4. FOOD AID

(NON-CEREAL NEEDS ESTIMATED BY UNICEF, ALL OTHER FIGURES BY WFP)

CEREALS:

(+) - CORRECTED FIGURES

NON-CEREALS (CSM, MILK, OIL, SUGAR):

(+) - CORRECTED FIGURES

5. TOWARDS END 1985 OR EARLY 1986 40,000 - 45,000 TONS CEREALS AND 6,500 TONS NON-CEREALS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION.

6. INCREASING EMPHASIS IS PLACED ON NEED TO DEFINE PRIORITY AREAS IN HEALTH SECTOR. THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND WHO HAVE PUT TOGETHER A LIST OF REQUIRED ESSENTIAL DRUGS (SEE PARA 8 BELOW). A WHO REPRESENTATIVE IS AT PRESENT MAKING A SURVEY OF HEALTH NEEDS IN NIGER AND NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES.

7. THE EVALUATION MISSION UNDERTAKEN IN JULY IN ALL DEPARTMENTS EXCEPT NIAMEY BY THREE LOGISTICS EXPERTS, OF WHOM TWO WERE UNDRO DELEGATES, AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE NATIONAL CEREALS MARKETING ORGANIZATION (OPVN) EMPHASIZED THAT THE NUMBER OF AVAILABLE VEHICLES WAS INSUFFICIENT AND THAT THOSE AVAILABLE WERE IN BAD REPAIR. AT FINAL DISTRIBUTION POINTS THERE WAS A NEED FOR ADDITIONAL TARPAULINS AND PALLETS TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS OF STOCKPILING. CO-ORDINATION BETWEEN THE PREFECTURE, THE MILITARY OFFICERS IN CHARGE OF FOOD AID DISTRIBUTION AND THE REPRESENTATIVES OF OPVN WAS FOUND TO BE VERY SATISFACTORY.

8. UNMET NEEDS


ESSENTIAL DRUGS AS ESTABLISHED BY THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH OF NIGER AND WHO:


9. CONTRIBUTIONS: (SINCE UNDRO SITREP NO. 6, 14 AUG 1985)


(++) VALUE NOT REPORTED TO UNDRO.

10. DONORS ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM UNDRO DIRECTLY, PREFERABLY BY TELEX (28148 UNDR CH), OF THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS AND VALUE.

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UNDRO 85/2426

NIGER - DROUGHT
SITUATION REPORT NO. 8
31 OCTOBER 1985

THIS SITUATION REPORT IS ISSUED IN CONSULTATION WITH OEOA.

SITUATION

1. ACCORDING TO AN FAO ASSESSMENT MISSION END SEPTEMBER OVERALL CROP PROSPECTS AND PASTURE CONDITIONS ARE EXCELLENT AND TOTAL CEREAL PRODUCTION IN 1985 IS PROVISIONALLY ESTIMATED AT SOME 1,830,000 MT (780,000 MT IN 1984). ACCORDING TO WFP IT IS NOT EXPECTED THAT ADDITIONAL EMERGENCY FOOD AID WILL BE REQUIRED FOR NIGER DURING MARKETING YEAR 1985/86. A WFP/FAO/MULTIDONORS ASSESSMENT MISSION WILL BE CARRIED OUT FROM 14 NOVEMBER TO 13 DECEMBER 1985 WITH PARTICIPATION OF UNDRO DELEGATE.

2. WATER SUPPLY HAS IMPROVED CONSIDERABLY: RIVER NIGER'S AVERAGE DISCHARGE IN APRIL 1985 WAS 18.3 M3/SECOND, IN AUGUST 1985 477 M3/SECOND AND IN SEPTEMBER 1985 REACHED 1165 M3/SECOND (RIVER NIGER'S MEDIAN AVERAGE BEING 1075 M3/SECOND).

3. LOGISTIC OPERATIONS HAVE IMPROVED SIGNIFICANTLY WITH REGARD TO ROAD/RAIL OFFTAKE IN PORTS AS WELL AS INTERNAL DISTRIBUTION TO FINAL POINTS OF DISTRIBUTION.

4. GOVERNMENT DECIDED TO STOP MASSIVE EMERGENCY FOOD AID DISTRIBUTION BY 20 SEPTEMBER 1985. EMERGENCY FOOD AID ARRIVING AFTER THAT DATE IS DISTRIBUTED AFTER APPROVAL BY DONORS TO SPECIFIC TARGET GROUPS WITHOUT PURCHASING POWER OR OWN PRODUCTION, FAMILIES RESETTLED IN DRY-SEASON CULTIVATION AREAS OR FOR FOOD FOR WORK PROJECTS.

5. FOOD AID PLEDGES/MARKETING YEAR 1985/86 (SOURCE: WFP)

UNMET NEEDS

6. NEEDS RELATED TO AGRICULTURE, LIVESTOCK, PASTURE AND LOGISTICS WILL BE REVIEWED BY ABOVE-MENTIONED EVALUATION MISSION (SEE PARA 1).

7. WHO IS AT PRESENT REVIEWING HEALTH NEEDS.

8. AFTER CONTRIBUTIONS BY USAID (US DLRS 1,000,000) THROUGH UNICEF AND BY SWEDEN (US DLRS 224,719) FOR WATER SUPPLY PROJECTS, THERE REMAINS, ACCORDING TO OEOA, A NEED FOR ANOTHER US DLRS 775,000 TO COVER NEEDS FOR DEEPENING EXISTING WELLS AND DRILLING NEW ONES.
9. OEOA FURTHER REPORTS A NEED FOR FOLLOWING RELIEF/SURVIVAL ITEMS: 1,797,080 SOAP BARS (US DRLS 176,855) AND 240,000 STRAW MATS (US DLRS 140,000).

10. A SEPARATE SITUATION REPORT WILL FOLLOW SUMMING UP CONTRIBUTIONS REPORTED TO UNDRO SINCE SEPTEMBER 1984.

11. DONORS ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM UNDRO DIRECTLY, PREFERABLY BY TELEX (28148 UNDR CH) OF THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS AND CORRESPONDING VALUE.

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UNDRO 85/2658

NIGER - DROUGHT
SITUATION REPORT NO. 9
25 NOVEMBER 1985

THIS SITUATION REPORT IS ISSUED IN CONSULTATION WITH OEOA.

CONTRIBUTIONS REPORTED TO UNDRO SINCE SEPTEMBER 1985

N.R.: VALUE NOT REPORTED TO UNDRO.

++ - SOURCE: OEOA STATUS REPORTS.

5. TOTAL VALUE OF CONTRIBUTIONS IN CASH AND KIND, AS REPORTED TO DATE TO UNDRO, HAS NOW REACHED: US DLRS 81,296,591.

6. DONORS ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM UNDRO DIRECTLY, PREFERABLY BY TELEX (28148 UNDR CH), OF THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS AND CORRESPONDING VALUE.

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UNDRO 85/2794

NIGER - DROUGHT
UNDRO SITREP NO. 10
09 DECEMBER 1985

THIS SITUATION REPORT IS ISSUED IN CONSULTATION WITH OEOA

1. A WHO ASSESSMENT MISSION WAS CARRIED OUT IN OCT/NOV 1985 AND IDENTIFIED THE IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY HEALTH NEEDS OF A VULNERABLE POPULATION OF 450,000 - 500,000 (OF WHOM 50 PERCENT ARE CHILDREN AGED LESS THAN 5 YEARS AND 30 PERCENT PREGNANT AND LACTATING WOMEN).

2. THE MALNUTRITION RATE OF THIS VULNERABLE POPULATION STAYS HIGH. THEREFORE SUPPLEMENTARY FEEDING SHOULD CONTINUE. UNMET NEEDS ARE AS FOLLOWS (SOURCE: UNICEF): ENRICHED CEREALS 6,770 MT, MILK 2,032 MT, OIL 1,581 MT, SUGAR 451 MT.

3. NEITHER MEASLES NOR YELLOW FEVER CONSTITUTE AT PRESENT AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. HOWEVER REGULAR VACCINATION AGAINST THESE DISEASES WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE.

HEALTH NEEDS (SOURCE: WHO)

4. MEDICINES:

GOVERNMENT HAS FORMULATED OTHER PROJECTS WHICH HAVE EITHER BEEN SELECTED BY DONORS OR NOT BEEN CONSIDERED FIRST PRIORITY.


7. EQUIPEMENT FOR HEALTH STRUCTURES IN 7 DEPARTMENTS:

MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, MEDICAL FURNITURE, OFFICE FURNITURE, SUPPLIES (REFRIGERATORS, BEDSHEETS, BLANKETS), FURNITURE FOR LODGINGS.

ESTIMATED COST US DLRS 827,425 (=F/CFA 350 MILLION)

8. INFRASTRUCTURE:

RENOVATION OF HEALTH UNITS IN THE DEPARTMENT DIFFA.
ESTIMATED COST US DLRS 189,126 (=F/CFA 80 MILLION)

CONTRIBUTIONS: (SINCE SITREP NO. 9, 25/11/1985)


(+) - SOURCE, OEOA STATUS REPORTS

CORRECTION: SITREP NO. 9 DATED 25 NOVEMBER 1985 LISTS BY MISTAKE

UNDP/USA FOR AFRICA CONTRIBUTION (US DLRS 409,355) IN PARA 1 AS WELL AS IN PARA 4.

12. DONORS ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM UNDRO DIRECTLY, PREFERABLY BY TELEX (28148 UNDR CH), OF THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS AND CORRESPONDING VALUE.

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