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Two more countries have entered the UN food aid list

The list has expanded to 39 countries around the globe as armed conflicts and severe weather conditions aggravate and prolong food insecurity.

Posted on Jun 07 ,16:20

Two more countries have entered the UN food aid list

United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization announced today that the number of the countries included on the food aid list has increased to 39 in the last 3 months.
Cabo Verde and Senegal were added to the list that now comprises nations from Africa, Middle East and Asia, along with the Carribean presence of Haiti.
After a poor cropping season, 35% of the population of Cabo Verde are estimated to need food assistance, although this figure is expected to drop by more than half in the early summer with the onset of seasonal rainfall. Poor pastoral conditions in northern parts of Senegal are expected to push the number of people estimated to be in need of assistance there to 750,000, according to the quarterly report from FAO's Global Information and Early Warning System.
Chronic conflicts continue to impede access to fields and farming inputs in Iraq and Syria, where this year's harvests are expected to decline further. Conflicts in Nigeria and Libya have led to less demand for meat, one reason behind the drastic drop in incomes for many pastoralist households in the Sahel region, where grazing and water resources are already strained and the ongoing lean season is expected to last longer than usual, mentions the report. In fact, armed conflicts and adverse climate shocks across these areas led to a situation where there was no country exiting the list in a while.
The 39 countries currently in need of external food assistance are Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cabo Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea, Haiti, Iraq, Kenya, Democratic People's Republic of Korea , Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Syria, Uganda, Yemen and Zimbabwe.

(Photo source: FAO)

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