Reports

NIAMEY, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Japan and the Islamic Development Bank have pledged millions in dollars of aid for Niger, the first contributions after reports warned that more than half the country's population would face shortages this year. Japan's contribution…

A leading member of Niger's opposition coalition says the group will be pulling out of negotiations with embattled President Mamadou Tandja's government ahead of a scheduled meeting with the mediator, Abdulsalami Abubakar on Thursday. Bazoum Mohammed said President Tandja's recent statement…

Points saillants pour Janvier 2010 - Une importation de céréales sèches (mil, maïs et sorgho) et d'aliments de bétail avec une intensité variable en provenance du Nigéria, du Bénin et du Burkina Faso, indiquant encore que les marchés transfrontaliers jouent…

Objective of this monitoring: Between December 2009 and March 2010, to more regularly monitor key features of Niger's current and near?future food security to inform decision?making related to external assistance. Off?season and flood recession agriculture - Dams and depressions normally used for off-season cropping…

Objective of this monitoring: Between December 2009 and March 2010, to more regularly monitor key features of Niger's current and near-future food security to inform decision-making related to external assistance. Off-season and flood recession agriculture - Dams and depressions normally…

Le 25 janvier, le Système d'Alerte Précoce du Niger a publié les résultats de son « Enquête rapide sur la situation alimentaire des ménages ». Selon cette enquête, 2,7 million de personnes sont « plus vulnérables » à l'insécurité…

On January 25, Niger's Early Warning System (SAP) publicly released the results of its December 2009 National Rapid Household Food Security Survey. According to this assessment, 2.7 million people are "more vulnerable" to food insecurity during 2010 and an additional…

29 January 2010: Three million dollars has been allocated to the World Food Programme (WFP) to improve nutritional status and reinforce livelihoods of 125,000 vulnerable populations. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has been allocated $2 million for emergency assistance…

- Following a late start and early cessation of rainfall, the 2009 agricultural season performed poorly overall. Harvests in some agricultural villages in the agro‐pastoral and pastoral zones of the departments of Diffa, Tanout and Mirriah…

DAKAR, 28 January 2010 (IRIN) - Governments, aid agencies and donors must join forces now to ensure that severe food insecurity in the Sahel does not lead to famine, says the European Commission humanitarian aid department (ECHO). "The situation is…