Severe hunger in southern Madagascar likely persist into 2017 due to drought-hit crops, UN warns

Oct 28, 2016, at 04:24 am

New York, Oct 27 (Just Earth News): The impact of severe El Niño-induced drought on crop production in southern Madagascar, where nearly 850,000 people are acutely food insecure, is likely to persist into 2017 and requires an intensified humanitarian response, the United Nations agriculture agency said on Thursday.

UN food relief agency to scale up emergency operations in southern Madagascar

Oct 06, 2016, at 02:03 pm

New York, Oct 6 (Just Earth News): Following a visit to Madagascar, the Executive Director of the United Nations’ food relief agency has announced plans to scale up humanitarian operations in response to rising levels of hunger and malnutrition as a third consecutive year of drought deepens the suffering of hundreds of thousands of people in the south of the island nation.

UN agencies warn of deteriorating food security in Southern Madagascar

Oct 29, 2015, at 03:57 pm

New York, Oct 29 (IBNS): Leading food agencies of the United Nations warned that 46 per cent of the population from eight regions of Madagascar, comprising of 1.9 million people are food insecure, including 450,000 people who face chronic food insecurity.