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Vol. 16, No. 5846 . 44, THISDAY, . -';".-.... . .
. Tuesday, April 26, 2011
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Food Security: . Col~'''~.fIV9ir,e,;, fMm-ers ;Se~k Urgent Assistance .-.
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. . ." . "S adelicate peqce takes " . '" ." . ", - ·,'·" . hold in Cote· d'Ivoire . By Crusoe Osagfe ' . following.' months of . severe political ' vio- . will not be mough:; :said ' lence, the race is on' to 'save' Luc Genot, FAO Emergency Coordinator in the Cote the upcoming rice .and maize planting season that d'Ivoire. begins with the first rains ''In , addition, pressure is starting just about now in being put .o n household the west and north of the food supplies by increasing country. numbers of displaced people Agai nst the backdrop of a rom the conflict .in":rural security situation that areas . Unless these prople remains precarious, FAO is are helped to plant now, responding · by procuring they are going to need food seeds, tools and fertiliser assistance for many months kits for around 12,000 to come," Genot added. farming households in both The threat to the rai ny Cote d'Ivoire -and Liberia. season follows the loss of Distributions will .take much of the last harvest, place in the coming days in which ended in January. villages that are host to Fanning families either had refugees and internal ly disno time to harvest or they sold their crops at rock bot· placed . An esti mated one mil· tom prices before leaving, lion people have been disso that they wou ld have placed inside the Cote some cash to travel with . d'Ivoire and up to 150,000 Violence, fuel shortages people have fled into and road blocks have Liberia, putting a huge restricted inputs from cicco· strain on the already meagre lating in country causing resources of host vill ages. seed and fertili ser shortages . FAO hopes by doing this The recent troubles in to provide mutual assis· Cote d'Ivoire follow ten tance to both host and guest years of political difficulties fanlilies to prevent future that had already taken a toll tensions and further hardon the population and on ships. food security in wha~ ''Food to cover the lean should be QIle of the season until the next' harstrongest . agricultural vest has not been stockpiled economjes in West Afiica .. . as it usually is an~ there FAO interventions to
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