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Burkina Faso | Emergency Plan

FAO in the 2019 humanitarian appeals

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Year of publication 2019

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 2p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Category High-profile

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Since the beginning of 2018, the security crisis across the Sahel region has sharply deteriorated particularly in Burkina Faso. Already vulnerable to a fragile economic context and recurrent climatic shocks, the recent upsurge in violence perpetrated by armed groups has caused an unprecedented humanitarian crisis, while ongoing population displacements are intensifying inter‑communal conflict. In the medium and long terms, food insecurity is expected to worsen and pastoral and agropastoral households are likely to loose their productive assets. Where security allows, increasing resilience‑based livelihood assistance is critical to ensure that households can produce their own food and generate income. Under the updated 2019 Emergency Plan, FAO requires USD 11.6 million before December 2019 to assist 323 390 people in order to restore their livelihoods.

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