Humanitarian Briefing Paper: Sahel Food Crisis

Publication language
English
Pages
4pp
Date published
01 Feb 2012
Type
Articles
Keywords
Food and nutrition, Food aid, Food security, Livelihoods
Organisations
Christian Aid

Almost 12 million people are facing a food and livelihoods crisis in the Sahelian countries of west Africa. A combination of drought-reduced crop yields, high cereal prices, a lack of migrant labour work, and displacement due to regional insecurity has left poor communities facing hunger and malnutrition.