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Dear All, We are pleased to share the latest issue of the FAO GIEWS Update:
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West Africa-Sahel - Elevated risk of deterioration in food security in pastoral areas across the Sahel and Lake Chad Basin
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Afrique de l’ouest-Sahel - Risque élevé de détérioration de la sécurité alimentaire dans les zones pastorales du Sahel et du bassin du lac
Tchad
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África del Oeste-el Sahel - Riesgo elevado de deterioro de la seguridad alimentaria en áreas pastorales del Sahel y la cuenca del Lago Chad
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Западная Африка-Сахель - Высокий риск ухудшения продовольственной безопасности в пастбищных районах в зоне Сахеля и озера Чад
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西非-萨赫勒
- 萨赫勒和乍得湖流域牧区粮食安全状况恶化的风险加大 |
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GIEWS Update – West Africa-Sahel |
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3 July 2018 KEY MESSAGES
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Poor rains in 2017 affected livestock across the pastoral areas of the Sahel.
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Persisting insecurity hampers access of animals to the grazing areas in northeastern Nigeria, northern Mali and the Lake Chad Region.
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Large concentrations of livestock in safe areas are resulting in shortages of pasture and depressed prices of livestock products and incomes for pastoralists.
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Prices of cereals are generally at high levels as demand is reinforced by the return of transhumant pastoralists moving from southern areas to northern
normal grazing areas.
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Livestock prices are at low levels due to declining export demand from Nigeria, resulting in decreasing terms of trade and reducing pastoralists’ access
to food.
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Around 2.5 million pastoralists and agro‑pastoralists are food insecure, and a high risk of livelihood losses are expected during the lean season if
mitigation actions are not taken.
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Timely support to pastoralists’ livelihoods is needed to prevent a deterioration of their food security situation and undesirable macro‑economic implications. |
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Enquiries may be directed to: Global Information and Early Warning System on Food and Agriculture
(GIEWS) Trade and Markets Division (EST)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00153 Rome, Italy |
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