Rapports

The outlook for the 1999/2000 rice crop is unfavourable. After a good start of the rainy season in November, below- average precipitation from the third decade of December to the first dekad of February in the main growing areas…

The first cases of cholera in Madagascar occurred in late March 1999 in Mahajanga Province. Two other provinces, Antananarivo and Antsiranana, were affected later in the year. By the end of November, 6 983 cases with 433 deaths were…

Impact on food security and needs for emergency response Field Situation Report Catholic Relief Services/ Southern Africa Regional Office EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The locust infestation in Madagascar has now spread from the southern dry zones to the midwest and northern more fertile regions…

Press Release 97/12 ROME, 8 April -- The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported today a massive Migratory Locust outbreak in Madagascar, warning that the situation, involving about 2 million hectares in the south-west of the country, may develop…

ip/98/199 Brussels, 27 February 1998 Humanitarian aid in Africa: news in brief The European Commission has approved humanitarian aid worth a total of ECU 3.6 million for projects in Africa. The aid, managed by the European Community Humanitarian Office (ECHO), will go towards…

How did the current situation develop? Infestations of African Migratory Locust (Locusta migratoria capito) slowly increased during 1994 and 1995 in Madagascar but precise details are lacking since very few surveys were carried out. Populations gradually changed from solitarious to…

SPECIAL REPORT ° 1. OVERVIEW ° 2. GENERAL BACKGROUND AND THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC SETTING 1/ ° 3. THE 1996/97 CROP SEASON ° 4. ANALYSIS BY ZONE ° 5. FOOD SUPPLY SITUATION 1. OVERVIEW An FAO/WFP Mission visited Madagascar from 18…

Numerous swarms of Migratory Locust continue to be present in the southern and south-western parts of Madagascar. Many of these were seen to be flying towards the south and west. Although control operations have been in progress for several…

Period covered: 15 May - 30 June 1997 This programme is coming to an end, with elements of the food security programme expected to be completed by late July. The Federation is examining the possibility of further supporting the Malagasy…

MADAGASCAR: CYCLONE GRETELLE appeal no. 03/97 for the period: 1 April to 15 May 1997 The Context Cyclone Gretelle swept through south eastern Madagascar on 24 and 25 January 1997, affecting approximately half a million persons, 42,000 of whom…