Food Security and Humanitarian Implications in West Africa and the Sahel. N°49 - September 2013
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The food situation in Northern Mali remains precarious due to the effects of the conflict on the liveli-hoods of households, high cereal prices, reduced purchasing power of households and the late imple-mentation of certain food and non-food assistance. Nearly half the population has resorted to emer-gency or crisis coping strategies. Provisional estimations of the harvest indicate that the strength and good distribution of rains during August and September mitigated the effects of the late arri val of rains in the majority of agricultural zones in the Sahel. However, in certain zones, rains must continue through October to expect satisfac-tory yields. Overall, an average year is expected in the region. In terms of the presence of pasture and the size of livestock, the pastoral situation also corresponds to an average year, notwithstanding local deficits of pasture observed in Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Chad.