Reports

Press Release 09/459 The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today completed the fifth review of Burkina Faso's performance under an economic program supported by a Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) arrangement. The Executive Board also approved an…

Today, a record one billion people - mostly women and children - go to bed hungry. WFP's mission of reaching the hungry is more important than ever, and we continue to depend on the support of more than 100…

Stable food security conditions despite historic floods of September 1, 2009 The floods of September 1-3 in Ouagadougou, Boucle du Mouhoun, East, Center-East, Central, North, Center-South, Central Plateau and the North have caused loss of human life, destruction of housing, loss…

Sécurité alimentaire stable en dépit des inondations historiques du 1er septembre 2009 Les inondations du 1 au 3 septembre à Ouagadougou, Boucle du Mouhoun, Est, Centre Est, Centre, Centre Nord, Centre Sud, Plateau Central et le Nord ont causé des…

Disaster relief tents sent to flood-hit Burkina Faso are helping hundreds of families start rebuilding their lives, a ShelterBox Response Team has found. ShelterBox Response Team members, John Mackie (US) and Lizzy Treglown (UK) are in Ougadougou, the West African country's…

Editorial Chers lecteurs, Cette année encore, l'Afrique de l'ouest a connu plusieurs urgences humanitaires. Epidémie au Niger, au Cap Vert ou inondations au Burkina Faso ou au Niger. Le Service d'aide humanitaire de la Commission européenne (ECHO), grâce à sa capacité…

La gestion durable du sol, l'accès amélioré au marché et les distributeurs d'intrants villageois considérés comme des agents clés dans l'amélioration de la sécurité alimentaire au Burkina Faso, au Mali et au Niger Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (1er décembre 2009) - Les…

Press release No.: IFAD/61/09 With one week left before Copenhagen, IFAD reminds you of the ways smallholder farmers are coping with climate change Rome, 30 November 2009 - The 500 million smallholder farms that feed one-third of humanity are facing the impact…

In general, food security conditions are improving at the household level across the region as harvesting activities become widespread. - According to joint CILSS-FAO-FEWS NET-WFP harvest assessment missions, production levels in the Sudanian and Guinean zones of all West African countries…

The projected grain balance sheet for 2009/2010 shows a gross surplus of roughly 309,689 metric tons, netting out to 566,636 MT. This estimate of gross national production will be adjusted downward by approximately five percent for crop losses in…