(task) West Africa Food Security update

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food security, Africa Resilience Initiative

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> From: Kathy Gilbeaux <gilbojer@aol.com>
> Subject: Re: Gavin - West Africa Food Security update?
> Date: August 25, 2015 at 3:53:47 PM EDT
> To: gavinms@gmail.com, michael.d.mcdonald@me.com
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> Gavin,
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> Our research concurs with your findings. There does not appear to be any (detailed) published reports on food security in West Africa after June 2015.
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> Here are links from WFP and FAO . . .
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> FAO – July 2015 – Food and nutrition situation at the beginning of the hunger gap period and agricultural outlook in the Sahel and West Africa (see number 5)
> http://www.fao.org/emergencies/resources/documents/resources-detail/en/c/296696/ <http://www.fao.org/emergencies/resources/documents/resources-detail/en/c/296696/>
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> FAO – Sierra Leone – Food Security and Safety
> http://www.fao.org/countryprofiles/index/en/?iso3=SLE&paia=2 <http://www.fao.org/countryprofiles/index/en/?iso3=SLE&paia=2>
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> FAO in Emergencies – Sierra Leone (see list of reports at the bottom)
> http://www.fao.org/emergencies/countries/detail/en/c/161501/ <http://www.fao.org/emergencies/countries/detail/en/c/161501/>
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> FAO – Liberia – Food Security and Safety
> http://www.fao.org/countryprofiles/index/en/?iso3=LBR&paia=2 <http://www.fao.org/countryprofiles/index/en/?iso3=LBR&paia=2>
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> FAO in Emergencies – Liberia (see list of reports at the bottom)
> http://www.fao.org/emergencies/countries/detail/en/c/161431/ <http://www.fao.org/emergencies/countries/detail/en/c/161431/>
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> FAO – Guinea – Food Security and Safety
> http://www.fao.org/countryprofiles/index/en/?iso3=GIN&paia=2 <http://www.fao.org/countryprofiles/index/en/?iso3=GIN&paia=2>
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> WFP – Assessment – Sierra Leone
> http://www.wfp.org/food-security/assessment-bank?tid_1=302&tid_6=5006 <http://www.wfp.org/food-security/assessment-bank?tid_1=302&tid_6=5006>
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> WFP – Assessment – Liberia
> http://www.wfp.org/food-security/assessment-bank?tid_1=230&tid_6=5006 <http://www.wfp.org/food-security/assessment-bank?tid_1=230&tid_6=5006>
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> WFP – Assessment – Guinea
> http://www.wfp.org/food-security/assessment-bank?tid_1=201&tid_6=5006 <http://www.wfp.org/food-security/assessment-bank?tid_1=201&tid_6=5006>
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> Kathy
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gavin Macgregor-Skinner <gavinms@gmail.com>
> To: michael mcdonald <michael.d.mcdonald@me.com>
> Cc: George Hurlburt <hurlburt@md.metrocast.net>; Carrie La Jeunesse <carrielaj43@gmail.com>; Stephen Morse <ssm20@cumc.columbia.edu>; Amir Sapkota <amirsap@umd.edu>; Kathy Gilbeaux <gilbojer@aol.com>; Kraft <mbkraft@erols.com>; joanne perodin <joanne.perodin@gmail.com>; Santosh Dahal <redcrossantosh@gmail.com>; Steve Locke <slocke@hms.harvard.edu>; Brady (Chancellor Emeritus) Deaton <DeatonB@missouri.edu>; Rita Colwell <rcolwell@umiacs.umd.edu>; Denis Gilhooly <denis.gilhooly@gmail.com>; Deborah Valencia <debcval@eportworld.com>; Andres Valencia <avalencia@eportworld.com>; Elhadj Drame <edrame@yahoo.fr>; John Wysham <john.wysham@gmail.com>; Florence Gibert <flogib@gmail.com>; Albert Gomez <albert@icassemblies.com>; Alison Thompson <alisonthompson123@yahoo.com>; Pia Wanek <pwanek@globalcommunities.org>; Timothy Ogborn <togborn@pciglobal.org>; Shannon Scribner <SScribner@oxfamamerica.org>; Ian Sliney <isliney@msh.org>; Paul Reed <paul.l.reed@usuhs.edu>; Carl Taylor <cwtaylor1@gmail.com>; Gav Gmail <gavinms@gmail.com>
> Sent: Tue, Aug 25, 2015 11:13 am
> Subject: Gavin - West Africa Food Security update?
>
> Hi Mike
> Does anyone have information and reports on the Food Security situation in West Africa that they can send me?
>
> For example: For Sierra Leone the most recent UN World Food Program Emergency Food Security Assessment Report is dated June 2015 and data was collected March to April 2015. Is there anything more recent?
> Kind Regards
> Gavin
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