In Mauritania, food access for pastoralists "continues to be the best in years" and animal prices are high. In the east of the country, farm households have ample cereals and other staples. However, rain-fed harvests have been poor in the west and irrigated crops have been lost because of flooding.
"Those who were the most affected and were scheduled to receive food aid between November and January still have not received their three-month ration," FEWS said in its bulletin for 31 January.
Signs of malnutrition in adults and children were detected in December 1999 in one village in Brakna Wilaya. Food deliveries for these people were delayed by logistical constraints.
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