Gambia: Floods - Sep 2012 Updates

FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT Early crop prospects favourable Humanitarian assistance continues to be needed Growing conditions remain mostly favourable Prospects for the 2016 cereal crops, to be harvested...

FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT Preliminary estimates for 2015 harvest point to significant recovery in cereal production after previous year’s steep drop Humanitarian assistance continues to be needed Cereal...

FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT Preliminary forecast for 2015 harvest points to significant recovery in cereal production after last year’s steep drop Access to food continues to be constrained by high food...

Misha Hussain DAKAR, Oct 1 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Pestilence, cyclical droughts and floods, and the West Africa Ebola crisis have pushed hunger to record levels in Gambia, where 200,000...

FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT Good 2013 cereal harvest estimated Access to food continues to be constrained by high food prices Humanitarian assistance continues to be needed

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The combined effects of the 2011/2012 Sahel Crisis and heavy flooding in July/October 2012 have eroded vulnerable households’ coping mechanisms and resulted in protracted food...

Over 11 million people across the region continue to live in food insecurity. Five million children under five and pregnant or lactating women remain at risk of acute malnutrition.

Introduction This document represents the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) component of the 2013 Sahel Regional Strategy prepared under the coordination of the United...

Highlights The preliminary findings of the Joint assessment CILSS/FEWSNET, FAO, WFP and Government of The Gambia conducted in October – November 2012, revealed that the overall crop production...

Activities focus on women-run community vegetable gardens to diversify nutritional intake and also be an opportunity for income generating activities to help build household resilience.

Highlights As of 4th October, the total population affected by floods and windstorms stands at nearly 34,018, of which 7,007 are children under five years. Almost 20% of the affected households were...

De bonnes perspectives des récoltes au Sahel et en Afrique de l’Ouest dans un contexte marqué par des taux de malnutrition élevés lundi 26 novembre 2012 La production céréalière totale attendue dans...

Cluster Strategic Indicators: Food assistance - Period: September 2012 - WFP Sahel response Sector Performance Indicators: Agriculture - Period: January - September 2012 - FAO Sahel response Cluster...

Highlights Nutrition Crisis More than 576,000 (out of 1.1 million target of estimated SAM caseload) have already been reached with therapeutic care for treatment of SAM. Even though the lean season...

Au cours des 12 derniers mois, plus de 18 millions de personnes ont été exposées à l’insécurité alimentaire dans la région du Sahel en Afrique. La région, qui se compose du Burkina Faso, du Tchad, du...

Since 2007 the number of affected people by floods in West Africa is increasing. In 2012, heavy rainfalls resulted into widespread floods affecting more than 3 million people in West and Central...

Highlights As of 09 September, nearly 23,000 people were affected by floods and windstorms. Almost 20% of the affected population were displaced (3,857 people) while 10 people were reported to have died. Moreover, the number of people affected is likely to increase, particularly in Banjul and...

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Link: Food security and humanitarian implications in West Africa and the Sahel - September/October 2012

FAITS SAILLANTS Plus de 1,5 million de personnes victimes des inondations dans 13 pays de l’Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre On estime au 15 septembre à 340 le nombre de décès, principalement au...