Niger Threatened By Food Insecurity -- Voice of AmericaWorld Food Program doubling its estimate of number of families in Niger who need food assistance .
Across the Sahel, more than ten million people are affected by poor rains that have led to the collapse of agricultural and livestock production in many parts of Chad, Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso. In Niger, 60 percent of the population is facing severe food shortages.
At the Karakara II primary school in Niger's southern Mirriah district, women are registering their children for a feeding program for all children between the ages of six months and two years. This will be their first food distribution since last year's poor rains cut Niger's cereal harvest by one-quarter and drove up the price of millet nearly 40 percent.
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My Comment: A prospect of massive food shortages in the crossroads of Africa is something that this region does not need. Unfortunately .... with few options and even fewer resources .... hunger will be Niger's only result.
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