Food Security News South Africa

Major food crisis looms in CAR

BANGUI: Farmers in the Central African Republic (CAR), which has been immersed in violence since a coup in March 2013, urgently need more seeds and tools to avert a nationwide food crisis, aid agencies have warned.
Running out: almost all farmers in CAR need more seeds for the next planting season Photo:
Running out: almost all farmers in CAR need more seeds for the next planting season Photo: FAO East and Central Africa

As many as "94 percent of communities report that they do not have enough seeds to plant for the next agricultural season" in March, according to the findings of a Multisectorial Initial Rapid Assessment (MIRA) of humanitarian needs in CAR, which was undertaken by several UN agencies.

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