Informes

By Guy Hubbard OUAHIGOUYA, Burkina Faso, 15 October 2012 - In northwest Burkina Faso, deep in the Sahel belt, a small oasis is beginning to take shape. VIDEO: UNICEF correspondent Guy Hubbard reports on a garden managed by…

Millet, maize, and sorghum are the most important food commodities for household consumption. Millet is the staple of the most vulnerable households, while maize and sorghum also contribute to the food basket of a majority of…

Appeal Target: US$1,176,176 Balance Requested: US$346,252 Geneva, 08 October 2012 Dear Colleagues, This appeal has been revised to extend the implementation period for Christian Aid to 31st December 2012 and correct the errors on the Christian Aid budget. More than 19…

Highlights The total estimated annual caseload of children under 5 with severe acute malnutrition is 100,000 children in 2012. A cumulative total 67,838 children have been treated between January and August 2012. UNICEF’s nutrition team succeeded in…

Improved Food Situation, Good Harvest Prospects Key Messages Crop development is above average for this time period throughout the country, due to regular rainfall since the third dekad of July and no major crop disease or pest problems.…

Summary: 27 September 2012, New York - Speech by Andris Piebalgs, European Commissioner for Development, on the "EU at the forefront of the fight against hunger" at a High-level event to launch Cooperation Frameworks for Burkina…

by Kate Cunningham We had wished for rains. They represented the only hope of watering the dry land, of feeding this year’s crops and alleviating the crippling food crisis caused by last year’s drought. As the rains began…

Steady improvement in food security conditions in the Sahel Crisis- level food insecurity (IPC Phase 3) across the region last month has since stabilized or improved, particularly in agropastoral areas extending from Mauritania as far as Chad…

OUAHIGOUYA, 19 septembre 2012 (IRIN) - Des fermes entourées d'eau aux grands réservoirs de surface utilisés pour l'irrigation : les fermiers du nord du Burkina Faso, dont les champs asséchés se sont transformés en terres cultivables…

OUAGADOUGOU, 19 September 2012 (IRIN) - More than a year after civil unrest [ http://www.irinnews.org/Report/92610/Analysis-What-next-for-Burkina-Faso-s-Compaoré ] broke out in Burkina Faso, observers and analysts say despite some progress, and sustained support for President Blaise Compaoré, tension…