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Thursday 21 Jan 2016 - 10:49 Makkah mean time-11-4-1437
Half the population of CAR faces hunger (WFP Photo)
Bangui (IINA) – Half of the population of the Central African Republic (CAR) - nearly 2.5 million people – faces hunger, according to an emergency food security assessment by the UN World Food Program (WFP) and its partners.
One in six women, men and children struggles with severe or extreme food insecurity, while more than one in three is moderately food insecure, not knowing where their next meal is coming from, according to the assessment.
“WFP is extremely concerned by this alarming level of hunger. People not only lack enough food but are also forced to consume low-cost, low-nutrient food that does not meet their nutritional needs,” WFP Deputy Country Director in CAR Guy Adoua said in a press statement.
The report showed that the 2014-2015 harvest was poor and that food prices remain high as farmers have not tended their fields due to insecurity, and hundreds of thousands have been forced to flee their homes and abandon their land and livelihoods.
Also, clashes and violence, which erupted last year in CAR, fuelled more displacement with nearly one million people are still displaced inside CAR or seeking refuge in neighboring countries.
The report recommended continued emergency food assistance to displaced families and returnees; food and technical assistance to farmers to recover; creating safety nets through programs such as the school meals programs; and providing support to rehabilitate the infrastructure through food-for-assets activities.
Meanwhile, WFP is providing emergency food and nutritional support to those most vulnerable and plays a crucial role in supporting recovery efforts.
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