Evaluaciones

EDITORIAL In Gedo the livelihoods of the poor herders, representing possibly 80% of the remaining population, are becoming unsustainable. Increased relief interventions are urgently needed to address hunger and to save lives. Several years of drought and continuing conflict have accentuated…

(From August/September Transitions Newsletter.) With the support of an ERD funded specialist, UNDP Somalia has completed the design of a capacity building for governance programme covering the period June 2001 to June 2004. Somalia is one of the worst cases…

Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children On behalf of the Reproductive Health for Refugees Consortium Executive Summary Currently, Zambia hosts more than 260,000 refugees; almost three-quarters come from Angola and the remainder are primarily from the Democratic Republic of Congo…

Produced by Gottlieb Duwan With the Disaster Response Unit of InterAction ® Map of DR-Congo Map Courtesy of CIA World Factbook Background Summary The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) is the scene of a complex and devastating war…

OVERVIEW Over the past one month, the situation for many people in some parts of Southern Somalia has worsened considerably. As both food and water access is reduced, poorer agro-pastoral families and individuals have moved towards urban…

HIGHLIGHTSFSAU ASSESSMENT IN SOUTHERN SOMALIA : FSAU held a workshop in Baidoa to analyse data collected during the August Harvest and predicts a Food Gap (shortfall in access to food at household level) close to 22,000…

The output of the 2001 B season was good. An FAO/WFP/UNICEF Mission at local level, estimated the production at 175 000 tonnes of cereals, 187 000 tonnes of pulses, 864 000 tonnes of roots and tubers and 681 000…

Good rains in major growing areas in July and August benefited developing cereal crops of the 2001 main "long rains" season. The maize crop in the Rift Valley, Western and Nyanza Provinces is reported to be in good condition.…

Cereal production in 2000/01 was affected by heavy and continuous rains that resulted in localized floods in several areas, particularly along the Zambezi and Luangwa Rivers, as well as by severe dry weather in the southern areas. A final…

Harvesting of the 2001 main season cereal crops is complete. A national crop and food supply survey planned for JulyAugust did not take place, but preliminary reports from field offices indicate above-average production as a result of favourable rains.…