Informes

Foreword Afghanistan is a country in transition. International military forces are preparing for a phased handover to Afghan security forces while training the Afghan army …

Content Humanitarian emergency in Cote d’Ivoire On the road to autonomy (Chad) Sound assessment for quality response and prevention (Afghanistan) The green fields of Swat (Pakistan) Supporting flood victims in Sindh (Pakistan) The fountain of success (Tajikistan) Road sustainability through training (CAR) A light…

This document provides a weekly overview of developments in Afghanistan from 11 May—17 May 2011, with hyper-links to source material highlighted in blue and underlined in the text. For more information on the topics below or…

FAO NEWS RELEASE [11/50 en] Rome, 20 May 2011 – FAO will assist ten countries in Central Asia and the Caucasus to save up to 25 million hectares of cultivated farmland from a locust crisis. Locusts…

PROJECTED FOOD ASSISTANCE NEEDS FOR NOVEMBER 2011 This section summarizes FEWS NET’s most forward-looking analysis of projected external emergency food assistance needs, six months from now, in countries where FEWS NET has a staff presence. Overall needs…

Nwanze to present ‘Diaspora Investment in Agriculture’ at Secretary Hillary Clinton’s Global Diaspora Forum Rome and Washington, May 16: The United States Department of State and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will unveil this week…

Core Messages: From the 8 May meeting of the Early Warning Information Working Group attended by FAO, iMMAP, OCHA, Solidarities International, USAID and WFP. Precipitation: Below average levels of precipitation have been recorded in the last two dekad of…

KABUL, 13 May 2011 (IRIN) - The rising cost of imported wheat flour is contributing to food insecurity in Afghanistan because so many urban families rely on it, officials say. In March, imported wheat flour cost at…

Highlights During the reporting month, wheat grain retail price increased from the last month. Analysts are close following the situation, as the increases from third to fourth week of April were remarkably high. Northern and Central highlands…

Key Points • 2011 CAP is 42 per cent funded. • The total IDP population in the country is estimated at 416,593 persons / 68,151 families as of 31 March 2011. • Between 2002-2011, between 5.5…