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Food aid from Luxembourg

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    Luxembourg has donated 420 mt of millet to Niger’s government for
    distribution to 53 villages suffering from famine, the Panafrican News Agency (PANA) reported. The food relief is in response to an appeal in late March by Niger’s government, which had said that about one million people were threatened with famine, PANA reported.

    It was Niger’s second such appeal. A previous call for aid, made in January, was unsuccessful. Low food production due to poor rains is at the source of the current crisis. In an attempt to head off a potential disaster, the government has launched a campaign aimed at providing the staple millet at lower prices.
    Parliament has also asked the government to implement a policy to improve the management of food production and distribution during food crises.

    Food production has dropped in several other countries in West Africa’s Sahel belt, according to CILSS, a sub-regional organisation linking the Sahelian countries.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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