Informes

MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS 11 August 2004 marked the first anniversary of the transfer of power from President Charles Taylor and his subsequent exile to Nigeria. One year after the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in Accra, Ghana, by warring factions…

SOMMAIRE ET IMPLICATIONS Les conditions agricoles présagent, dans la majeure partie du pays, d'une issue favorable de la campagne agricole 2004/05 et d'une consolidation des économies alimentaires des ménages ruraux et urbains. On note un bon approvisionnement des…

RÉSUMÉ ET IMPLICATIONS La situation alimentaire des ménages ne connaît actuellement aucune tension particulière et est relativement satisfaisante, durant cette période ou les premiers récoltes en vert ont commencé dans la partie sud et centre sud du…

Appeal Target: US$ 473,293 Geneva, 30 September 2004 Dear Colleagues, Mauritania is often plagued by swarms of locusts as it lies on a "pathway" used by these depredators between the Sahel and northern Africa. Rainfall in 2003 in Mauritania was exceptional, both…

24 - 30 September 2004 A. GENERAL SITUATION Highlights Tripartite agreements signed On 27 September, the governments of Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Cote d'Ivoire and the UNHCR, signed tripartite repatriation agreements, to set up the legal framework for the Liberian repatriation operation due…

SOMMAIRE ET IMPLICATIONS L'activité pluviométrique a suivi son rythme moyen du mois d'août, mais avec une bonne répartition temporelle. Cette pluviométrie a entraîné un développement végétatif satisfaisant dans l'ensemble. Cependant, sur le plan quantitatif la pluviométrie est dans l'ensemble déficitaire, entraînant…

SUMMARY AND IMPLICATIONS The forecast for season 2005A indicates a likelihood of near to above normal rainfall for much of the country. Though this is a favorable forecast, a severe shortage of seeds may prevent farmers from…

Weekly Introduction: CCA Outlook for January-March at Four Months Lead Southern Africa The outlook for Jan-Mar 2005 southern Africa rainfall at four months lead, safjfm4.gif, shows a tilt in the odds favoring above normal rainfall across central South Africa,…

Foreword Informal cross border trade played a significant role in averting widespread food insecurity in Southern Africa during the major regional drought of 2002 and 2003. However, information on informal trade has been mainly anecdotal and its…

Washington, DC, September 29, 2004 MR. CASEY: Afternoon, everyone. Welcome back to our next briefing for the day. As I think all of you know, U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator Natsios is here with us today.…