News from category: Food Security
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Too young to migrate away for work, young girls gather near a well in Makanga village in southern Niger’s Zinder region
NIAMEY/ZINDER, 11 March 2010 (IRIN) – A severe food and malnutrition …
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A child with camels, donkeys and goats at the watering place near the village of Makanga
TANOUT, 10 March 2010 (IRIN) – “Empty” increasingly describes the southern Niger town of Tanout in …
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Residents of Nairobi’s crowded slums have been particularly hard hit by spikes in the price of food
NAIROBI, 10 March 2010 (PlusNews) – Violet Tinah, 40, a resident of Korogocho slum in …
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Cow wastes away from malnutrition (file photo)
DAKAR, 9 March 2010 (IRIN) – The poorest households in Chad will find themselves with no food reserves in the coming weeks, according to the US …
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Rift Valley Fever threatens livestock
JOHANNESBURG, 9 March 2010 (IRIN) – An outbreak of Rift Valley Fever (RVF) in two South African provinces has killed one person, while five others have tested positive …
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Food security solves many ills
MBABANE, 8 March 2010 (IRIN) – The myriad crises afflicting Swaziland can only be solved with a holistic approach, not a piecemeal one, the World Food Programme …
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Farmers can now take out insurance against weather-related crop failure (file photo)
NAIROBI, 5 March 2010 (IRIN) – Just as purchasers of electronic goods can buy extended warranties in case their TV goes …
NAIROBI, 5 March 2010 (IRIN) – Here are the most popular new articles on the IRIN website over the last 24 hours. Updated hourly. This feature was launched on 18 July, but will display the …
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Mariama Adao and her last-born child
AGADEZ, 3 March 2010 (IRIN) – Mariama Adao, aged 40 and a mother of eight, makes the 400km journey from Matameye in the south of Niger …
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KHARTOUM, 3 March 2010 (IRIN) – Weeks of fighting in parts of Darfur have raised concern over the plight of civilians, as …
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Hundreds of migrants from southern Niger are camped out in Agadez
AGADEZ, 3 March 2010 (IRIN) – The unusually large-scale migration of southern Nigerien farmers and pastoralists, heading north to look …
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A child who underwent treatment for malnutrition, during a follow-up visit by Helen Keller International (file photo)
DAKAR, 25 February 2010 (IRIN) – Nutrition experts in Guinea are studying options for treating …
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What will we be able to grow in another 40 years?
JOHANNESBURG, 24 February 2010 (IRIN) – Temperatures seem set to soar to perilously high levels because of climate change. In another 40 …
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Jacqueline Kabagirwa commutes to neighbouring Rwanda, where a day’s work in a field earns her just enough to feed her family
KIRUNDO, 23 February 2010 (IRIN) – Jacqueline Kabagirwa, 35, lives in the …
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A food crisis in Kirundo province – the result of failed rains – has prompted many women to make a long daily commute to neighbouring Rwanda, where a day’s work in a …
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Selling potatoes at a city market: According to Ibrahim Maalim of the Ministry of State for Special Programmes, the issue is not only production; “our major problem is also poverty. Even when …
