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What goes down must come Up: Global food prices reach new heights

(EXTRACT) Prices are surging for food commodities worldwide,posing a tough policy challenge for developing countries-can they protect poor consumers without squelching new opportunities for farmers? Poor consumers across the globe up in arms about their rising food bills. In December 2007,…

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Analysis
Source:
IFPRI
Posted:
31 Mar 2008
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Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso Food Security Update, March 2008

- Across the country, food security conditions for most households are affected by rising prices for basic necessities, including grain. - The first lot of grain sold under the government's social marketing program, aimed at mitigating the…

Format:
Situation Report
Source:
FEWS NET
Posted:
31 Mar 2008
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Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso: Flush with new funds for wat/san

OUAGADOUGOU, 28 March 2008 (IRIN) Donors announced in March that they will invest US $1.2 billion into Burkina Faso's water sector, to meet the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of halving the number of people in the world who…

Format:
News and Press Release
Source:
TNH
Posted:
28 Mar 2008

Burkina Faso

Alerte sur la situation de la campagne agricole des régions - Burkina Faso - N°020

Flambée du pétrole, chute du dollar et baisse des stocks céréaliers mondiaux : les implications multiformes sur la situation alimentaire dans les pays pauvres "Les prix élevés des denrées alimentaires et les incertitudes du marché sont devenus des préoccupations mondiales majeures…

Format:
Situation Report
Source:
Govt. Burkina Faso
Posted:
27 Mar 2008
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Analysis-Food inflation is minefield for African governments

By Alistair Thomson DAKAR, March 18 (Reuters) - African governments, which often face catastrophic droughts, floods and crop failures, are now confronting spiralling inflation and creeping deficits as they seek to contain popular anger over rising food prices. Surging food prices…

Format:
News and Press Release
Source:
Reuters
Posted:
18 Mar 2008

Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso : Situation épidémiologique de la méningite - Semaine 1 à 10 de 2008

SITUATION EPIDEMIOLOGIQUE EPIDEMIOLOGIQUE (1) A la semaine 10 de l'année 2008, la situation épidémiologique de la méningite au Burkina est la suivante: - 4 061 cas suspects de méningite notifiés - 441 décès soit 10.85% de létalité Semaines Cas Décès Létalité (%) Semaine 1 119 19 15.97 Semaine 2 178 33 18.54 Semaine 3 229 34 14.85 Semaine…

Format:
Situation Report
Source:
Govt. Burkina Faso
Posted:
17 Mar 2008
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Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso: Cost of living coalition threatens more action

OUAGADOUGOU, 17 March 2008 (IRIN) - A coalition of civil society organisations that on Saturday mobilised several thousand people to take to the streets of Ouagadougou and other towns and cities in Burkina Faso has threatened a nationwide strike…

Format:
News and Press Release
Source:
TNH
Posted:
17 Mar 2008

Burkina Faso + 2 more

Rising food prices: Impact on the hungry

Rising food prices, rooted in increased energy prices, competition between biofuels and food, rising demand from economic growth in countries such as China and India, and increasing climatic shocks such as droughts and floods are affecting millions of people…

Format:
News and Press Release
Source:
WFP
Posted:
14 Mar 2008

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