I det nordlige Nigeria er handlen med korn gået næsten i stå. Det er problematisk, da regionen forsyner Sahel med næsten halvdelen af regionens kornforbrug. Sammen med unormalt høje kornpriser øger det fødevaresikkerheden i regionen.
DAKAR/KANO, 27 May 2013 (IRIN) – Northern Nigeria’s grain trade, which supplies almost half of the Sahel’s cereals, has slowed severely, while abnormally high prices of staple grains across the Sahel are causing serious food security concerns in this chronically vulnerable region.
The areas most at risk are southeastern and central Niger, which are highly dependent on Nigerian grain flows, as well as northern Nigeria and northern Benin. Chad is somewhat protected from the dynamic, as it produced a healthy harvest in 2012, says FEWS NET.
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