Reports

With the shortfall in crop and agropastoral production for 2009/10 compared with an average year and the year 2008, grain availability is generally poor and many households are already purchasing their food supplies on local markets. By the end…

28 Jan 2010 20:42:09 GMT * Niger says 7.8 million face food shortages * World aid reserves seen under pressure after Haiti By Mark John DAKAR, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Millions in West Africa's arid Sahel belt could face famine this year…

Déficits fourragers augmentent le risque de la mortalité d'animaux L'insécurité alimentaire sera rependue pendant les prochains six mois, suite au retard et à l'arrêt précoce des pluies de 2009 qui ont engendré une production fourragère de 66 pourcent en dessous des…

Forage deficits raise the risk of above-normal animal mortality Food security in Niger is expected to be poor in the next six months, following a late start and early cessation of 2009 rains. In pastoral areas, forage production is 66…

27 Jan 2010 15:11:07 GMT * Almost 8 million to go without food, official study shows * Food security sensitive subject in Niger By Abdoulaye Massalatchi NIAMEY, Jan 27 (Reuters) - More than half of the population of Niger will go without food…

- With the shortfall in crop and agropastoral production for 2009/10 compared with an average year and the year 2008, grain availability is generally poor and many households are already purchasing their food supplies on local…

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…

NIAMEY, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Niger's military has "neutralised" an unidentified armed group it says killed seven soldiers and one civilian in clashes near the Mali border last week, Interior Minister Albade Abouba said on Thursday. "The group of attackers…

Par Sandra Bisin AGADEZ, Niger, 4 janvier 2010 - Il y a trois ans, Soueba, une jeune fille, recueillait les restes des animaux à l'abattoir pour les vendre au marché local. Aujourd'hui, elle et ses amies gagnent mieux leur vie…

Production deficits provoke population displacement Following a late start and early cessation of rainfall, the 2009 agricultural season performed poorly overall. Between 20 and 30 percent of agricultural villages in the agro?pastoral and pastoral zones of the departments of Diffa, Tanout…