Reports

- The final crop performance figures for the 2008/09 growing season released by the Ministry of Agriculture's Agricultural Statistics Division put grain production at 1.8 million MT, down 11 percent from the harvest forecast in October…

WFP is currently making arrangements to begin April general food distributions to IDPs in the Goz Beida and Koukou areas in eastern Chad. Over 140,400 IDPs will be provided with more than 2,700 mt of food commodities for 30…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Note: This document follows Sudan NGO Expulsions Fact Sheet #6, dated April 9, 2009 KEY DEVELOPMENTS - On April 13, the U.N.…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Note: The last fact sheet was dated April 6, 2009 KEY DEVELOPMENTS On April 7, the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) commenced the…

Each week, the World Health Organization Health Action in Crises in Geneva produces information highlights on critical health-related activities in countries where there are humanitarian crises. Drawing on the various WHO programmes, contributions cover activities from field and country offices…

- Ongoing harvests of cold off-season grain and truck crops and the temporary suspension of grain procurements by the National Food Security Agency (ONASA) to rebuild the national food security reserve this past February are strengthening…

- L'arrivée actuelle des récoltes céréalières et maraîchères de la contre saison froide et la pause des achats des céréales pour la reconstitution du stock national de sécurité par l'Office National de Sécurité Alimentaire (ONASA) en…

Start-of-season conditions for the 2009/10 growing season for rainfed crops in southern Chad are beginning to raise concerns, with ensuing dry spells causing seedlings to wither and early crops planted at the end of April to fail. The erratic conditions…

Food distributions to IDPs are due to begin in mid-March. WFP plans to provide IDPs with 90-day general food distributions from March to May and 120-day seed protection rations from June to September 2009. March general food distributions for the Sudanese…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Note: The last situation report was dated February 6, 2009. BACKGROUND In 2009, Sudan continues to cope with the effects of conflict, displacement,…