Yemen at point of no return as conflict leaves almost 7 million close to famine

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Yemen at 'point of no return' as conflict leaves almost 7 million close to famine

The way this planet is going the entire world is going to go through this. At times I've wondered if Mars was once like earth, and the Globalist nuts tried their same stunts up there as they are here on earth eventually killing off the entire planet that being mars, and now earth is next.




Governments have been warned they face enduring shame should famine take hold in Yemen, where two-thirds of the population face severe food shortages

 

[ScienceRocks]

Yemen needs to do something to help themselves: Plant food, make peace with functions that are fighting, or invest in education.

Using ones brain is always the way to fix things.

 

[USApatriotz]

Bin Laden was originally from Yemen. It's an Islamic state that has produced many terrorists that have killed THOUSANDS!! So what's the bad news here??

 

[waltky]

20 million people risk dying of hunger...

Fighting famine: 'Unprecedented crisis' putting 20 million people at risk, warns UN agency
Tuesday 15th August, 2017 -- Twenty million people risk dying of hunger in South Sudan, Somalia, Yemen and the north-east of Nigeria, including 1.4 million children suffering from severe malnutrition, the United Nations food relief agency said, spotlighting today its worldwide campaign to fight famine.

"Famine is declared when there is evidence of extreme conditions regarding food access, child malnutrition and an increase in the death rate," stated the UN World Food Programme (WFP), while launching in Spain a global Fighting Famine campaign in Spain to warn about this unprecedented food crisis. Commending "the intense response mounted by the humanitarian community," WFP said the famine declared in two counties of South Sudan in February had been overcome and, to date, Somalia, Yemen and northeast Nigeria have averted it. "Nonetheless," the agency cautioned, "the situation is still critical."

WFP pointed out that apart from Yemen, the other three countries are entering the lean season 8211 the time of year when the previous season's harvest has run out and food stocks are at their lowest. Also, the rains are making access by land difficult, and even impossible. While air transportation may sometimes be possible, it costs up to seven times more. The severe food crisis in Yemen is caused by the consequences of armed conflict devastating the country, according to the UN agency. WFP has implemented emergency response mechanisms that include food airdrops in remote areas in South Sudan and trucking in supplies to areas where people have fled from Boko Haram in Nigeria.

In June, agency assisted 11.8 million people in the four famine-facing countries, underscoring that "almost half of them are in Yemen, where lack of funding has meant that WFP has been forced to make the difficult decision to reduce the amount of food each person in order to stretch resources further." To shine a spotlight on the unprecedented food crisis, WFP is taking part in a worldwide FightingFamine campaign. The UN agency noted that in Spain, Mastercard and MediaCom have donated resources and advertising space so that the initiative is channeled through press, online media, digital screens and street furniture.

WFP is funded entirely by voluntary contributions, and with this campaign, it urges "the private sector and individuals to take action to help prevent a looming humanitarian disaster." As WFP depends on the generosity of donor governments, supporters and partners to quickly deliver food to affected people in these four countries, it urgently needs $900 million to meet immediate needs and avoid the spread of famine for the period of August to January 2018.

Fighting famine Unprecedented crisis putting 20 million people at risk warns UN agency

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Amid soaring food insecurity in DR Congo, UN agencies call for food aid, supplies
Tuesday 15th August, 2017 -- More than one in ten people living in rural areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are hungry due to escalating and prolonged conflict and displacement, United Nations agencies today reported, warning that the situation will worsen unless urgent support comes in time.

"7.7 million people face acute hunger8211 a 30 percent increase over the last year," said the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) said. In a new report, the UN agencies said that between June last year and June this year, the number of people in "emergency" and "crisis" levels of food insecurity 8211 levels that precede "famine" 8211 rose by 1.8 million, from 5.9 million to 7.7 million. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis released today also notes that the humanitarian situation has worsened due to the spread of fall armyworm infestations, and cholera and measles outbreaks.

In conflict-ridden areas, over 1.5 million people are facing "emergency" levels of food insecurity according to the IPC report, which means people are forced to sell everything they have and skip or reduce their meals. "In conflict-ridden areas, farmers have seen their villages and fields pillaged. They have not been able to plant for the last two seasons. There is a lack of local markets providing for their food needs," said Alexis Bonte, FAO Representative ad interim in DRC. "The situation is set to get worse if urgent support does not come in time."

Farmers, especially those displaced 8211 the majority of whom are women and children 8211 are in urgent food aid, as well as in need of tools and seeds so that they can resume farming, the UN agencies said. In several areas, people only eat once a day. The meal is often based on corn, cassava or potatoes, which does not meet their daily nutritional and calorie needs. "In some cases, diets are limited to starches and leaves," FAO and WFP said.

Chronic malnutrition affects 43 per cent of children under five 8211 more than 7 million 8211 in DRC, according to the report. The situation is particularly difficult in the Kasai region, where growing insecurity has worsened the poverty and food insecurity. "FAO and WFP call for an urgent increase in the provision of lifesaving food and specialized nutrition assistance to combat malnutrition as well as seeds and tools so that farmers can plant again and regain their livelihoods," the UN agencies said.

Amid soaring food insecurity in DR Congo UN agencies call for food aid supplies

 

[waltky]

Like dat worm dat ate the rubber tree plant...

Simple Concoction Found to Halt Fall Armyworm
August 17, 2017 — A farmers' group in South Sudan's Imotong state says it has found a way to combat the dreaded fall armyworm, which has devastated crops across the state.

Robert Lokang, leader of the Bidaya Farm association, says he regularly sprays his crops with a concoction of tree leaves, ash, powdered soap and water. The all-natural formula is designed to kill the armyworms while not harming the plants. It's not a new invention - Lokang says he learned it decades ago as a child, when his father used the same concoction to ward off pests. He says about a year ago, the NGO Care International showed local farmers how to use the mixture as a replacement for pesticides. He says his group decided to try it on the fall armyworm and it worked.

Fall armyworms, which are native to the Americas, have spread across Africa since 2015, raising alarm among farmers and agriculture officials. The pests thrive in warm and humid climates, travel great distances quickly, and devour maize, cotton, sorghum, and vegetable crops. They were first detected in South Sudan in June, although they could have arrived earlier. Lokang says he suffered severe financial losses last season after fall armyworms tore into his eggplants, tomatoes, onions and cabbages. “They are eating the leaves and other insects. They also destroy the roots and the ones we transplant when the fruit is ready, they also get rotten,” Lokang told VOA's South Sudan in Focus.

A farmer inspects a plant to reveal an armyworm he found feeding on his maize crop at a farm on the outskirts of Harare, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017. A farmers' group in South Sudan's Imotong state says it has found a way to combat the dreaded fall armyworm, which has devastated crops across the state​

Lokang's concoction is fairly simple to make. “We collect the neem leaves, almost one bucket, then we soften or grind [them] using stone, then we get ashes and some Omo [powdered soap] and mix it in a basin of water, and keep it for two to three days before spraying,” he said. Imatong farmer Mary Peter said mixing the concoction and spraying it manually is tedious, but effective. “This is the fourth planting that I am seeing some changes after we have used neem and red pepper. After [the spraying] they have grown bigger," she said. United Nations and government officials say regular insecticides do not work on the fall armyworm.

Awello Obale, an official at the state agriculture ministry, said Lokang’s method is cost-effective since there is no other immediate solution to the fall armyworm infestation. “We encourage farmers... to use the cultural practices to control not only armyworm but other insects also,” Obale said. Fortunately, neem trees are plentiful in the area. Obale says farmers should take advantage of Lokang’s simple method. U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization officials say they will introduce new crop varieties in Imotong State thought to be resistant to armyworms and other pests. The new crop varieties include maize, rice, cow peas, groundnuts and beans.

Simple Concoction Found to Halt Fall Armyworm