Informes

DAKAR, 8 October 2013 (IRIN) - Human rights organizations have repeatedly denounced the Gambian regime for forced disappearances, illegal detention, denial of due process, and the abuse and harassment of critics. Yet little progress has been…

FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT • Above-average harvest anticipated in 2013 • The food supply situation has improved in 2012/13 (November/October) compared to the previous year • However, access to food continues to be constrained by high food prices and the…

DAKAR, 13 août 2013 (IRIN) - Depuis longtemps éradiquée dans les pays développés, la péripneumonie contagieuse bovine (PPCB) – une maladie respiratoire très contagieuse – reste une menace considérable pour la production bovine au Sahel et…

By Katie Robinson, Canadian Red Cross Society For the first time in 15 years, communities in Gambia found themselves without food and income following poor rainfall during the 2011–2012 harvest season. Families were forced to sell their…

DAKAR, 8 August 2013 (IRIN) - Long eradicated in developed countries, contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) - a highly infectious respiratory disease - remains a huge threat to cattle production in the Sahel and West Africa, where…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The combined effects of the 2011/2012 Sahel Crisis and heavy flooding in July/October 2012 have eroded vulnerable households’ coping mechanisms and resulted in protracted food insecurity in pockets of the country and persisting acute malnutrition. Despite…

(Banjul/Dakar, 26 June 2013): The UN Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Sahel, Robert Piper, completed a visit to The Gambia where he met senior Government officials, the humanitarian and development community, donors and the media. During…

BANJUL – The Government of The Gambia, the United Nations agencies, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) launched the Millennium Development Goal 1c Initiative (improving food security through crop production…

After 31 years of successful work empowering smallholder farmers in The Gambia to increase their productivity, IFAD is now scaling up activities to cover agricultural areas across the whole country. A new IFAD-supported project, the National…

FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT Above-average precipitation expected in 2013 Estimates for the 2012 harvest point to a large recovery in cereal production The food supply situation has improved in 2012/13 compared to the previous year Howewver, access to food continues to…