UN AGENCIES APPEAL FOR URGENT SUPPORT AS FOOD CRISIS GRIPS NORTHERN MALI

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Date: 23 Sep 2013 10:00:01 -0400
Subject: UN AGENCIES APPEAL FOR URGENT SUPPORT AS FOOD CRISIS GRIPS
NORTHERN MALI
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UN AGENCIES APPEAL FOR URGENT SUPPORT AS FOOD CRISIS GRIPS NORTHERN
MALINew York, Sep 23 2013 10:00AMThe United Nations and its partners
are appealing for immediate support for northern Mali, where three out
of four households do not have enough to eat and are heavily dependent
on food assistance.

An Emergency Food Security Assessment – conducted jointly by the
Government of Mali, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),
the World Food Programme (WFP), and 15 other partners – estimates that
there are around 1.3 million vulnerable people in the region who have
not had a chance to recover following the recent conflict and last
year's food crisis.

"As internally displaced people and refugees begin to return to their
home communities, the limited resources will be further strained and
the number of people requiring assistance is likely to increase," the
agencies said in a joint
<"http://www.wfp.org/news/news-release/fao-and-wfp-appeal-immediate-support-northern-mali">press
release.

They noted that the depletion of livestock in the last few months is
having a serious impact on the food security and livelihoods of the
agro-pastoral population.

"The combined effects of the food crisis and the security situation
have left little room for recovery," they stated. "Although the local
economy is slowly recovering in the north and food security agencies
are strengthening their presence, many farmers have been unable to
purchase seeds and fertilizers and continue to require food
assistance."

WFP requires $67 million to continue to provide vital food assistance
to the most vulnerable population and to respond to the nutritional
needs of children and pregnant and lactating women.

Meanwhile, FAO needs $12 million to protect and restore the
livelihoods of the most vulnerable households. Assistance provided
until the end of the year will primarily include the provision of
agricultural inputs, veterinary inputs for livestock and fishing gear
for 420,000 vulnerable people, enabling them to produce food as early
as December 2013.

The agencies said these combined efforts will help them and the
Government to save lives and livelihoods by providing food assistance
and agricultural productive means to the most vulnerable people in the
northern regions of Timbuktu, Gao, Kidal and Mopti.

These areas were among the most affected by the fighting that broke
out last year between Government forces and Tuareg rebels, after which
radical Islamists seized control of the northern part of the country.
The crisis uprooted hundreds of thousands of civilians and led to a
dire humanitarian crisis.

A separate food assessment is currently being carried out in the south
of the country.Sep 23 2013 10:00AM
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