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Food insecurity in Niger

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calls for $ 338 million; with a majority of that money targeted towards helping to provide food security and nutrition assistance across the country. To reduce the levels of malnourishment observed, children considered malnourished are often treated with iron, folic acid and vitamin A systematically.
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is susceptible to food shortages due to climate changes. During seasons of poor rainfall, it is estimated that nearly 30 percent of the population are unable to meet their food needs. In 2012 it was estimated that a population of around 1.3 million people were in need of immediate assistance due to
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do have access to is of lower quality. With diets poor in necessary nutrients, illnesses and diseases become more prevalent. Around 73 percent of children under 5, as well as, 46 percent of women who are of childbearing age are anemic due to diets low in vitamins and essential minerals.
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are suffering from food insecurity with around half the population of children under the age of 5 being classified as chronically malnourished. Large contributing factors to this problem are inadequate agricultural production and the limited financial resources that the government of
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are categorized as "high risk" livelihood zones; these regions all have experienced unpredictable rain and less access to food. These are also some of the areas where food insecurity is the most prevalent due to the vulnerable state of the agro-pastoral regions.
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there are a few reports of humanitarian aid workers being executed. These incidents can often complicate future aid programs for these target areas. As a result of the violence, more than half a million children near and throughout the
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has identified 1.4 million people in need of food and 1.7 million people who need nutrition support countrywide. Poor rainfall has also affected the amount of land dedicated to grow staple agriculture such as
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within recent years is not the only contributing factor to the rate of food insecurity. Political conflict and border security also pose a significant threat to food security. Violence such as the
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who suffer from food insecurity. In addition to dwindling land resources, food prices are also rising rapidly; the price of staple grains doubled in 2011, leaving many families in
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involve the creation of short-term jobs, maintaining the health of local livestock and working with the general population to build more climate resistant communities.
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region is in need of humanitarian assistance with about 308,000 people who are considered food insecure. Political conflicts and violence in Northern
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received a 29 on the Global Food Security Index; placing them in 110 out 113 countries. Despite foreign intervention, poor households in
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high fertility rates are a result of unbridled population growth, which increases the difficulty of developing the country.
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due to weakened immune systems associated with inadequate food intake. Another notable factor is the actual composition of
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struggles to produce and supply food during unfavorable climate conditions which contributes to the population in
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unable to afford them. It is predicted that by the beginning of 2019 many susceptible populations throughout the
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are desperate to maintain their current food consumption levels; resorting to migration, borrowing and sale of
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states that in 2015 humanitarian assistance provided 200,000 children with school meals across 1,250 schools.
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in order to monitor food levels and malnutrition to reduce response time in the event of an emergency. The
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region will experience Stressed and Crisis levels of food insecurity based on the criteria outlined in the
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at 10 percent. There is an inversely proportional correlated trend of food intake with diseases such as
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Song, Baohui; Ying, Liu; Zakari, Seydou; Zakari, Seydou; Ying, Liu; Song, Baohui (March 2014).
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According to the Demographic and Health Survey the leading causes of child mortality rates are
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food insecurity as a direct result of unpredictable rain and sub-par agricultural yield. The
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include high priced essential food, susceptible crops, drought and soil infertility. The
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Some of the largest contributing factors to the low level of food security throughout
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area suffer from food insecurity and are considered malnourished. Households in the
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is a growing concern, with more than 1.5 million people affected in the year 2017.
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population. A substantial amount of the entire population is under the age of 15.
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regions typically have lower access to food compared to the rest of the country.
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In areas where violence is especially prevalent such as the northern area of
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The inconsistent rainfall and low access to quality meals that has affected
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organization were deployed at places prone to food insecurity in
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is community-based asset aid. This encourages the production of
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is not alone in their attempts to alleviate food insecurity in
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With the support of various foreign institutions such as the
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