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Funds running out in battle against Madagascar’s locusts
©FAO/Yasuyoshi Chiba
21 January 2015, Rome--- In Madagascar, the battle against an ongoing plague of locusts risks being lost as funds for continuing operations run out. Failure to carry through the joint 2013-16 FAO/government anti-locust programme, would jeopardize the more than $28.8 million mobilized so far. There are concerns that this could potentially trigger a food-security crisis in a huge part of the country.

Annie Monard is Coordinator of the FAO emergency response to the locust plague. In the following interview she elaborates more on the situation on the ground and what is at stake if funding isn’t found for the next phase of the programme. (Interview conducted by Sandra Ferrari)
4min. 08sec.
Tema(s): Agricultura y cultivos, Emergencias / Crisis , Producción alimentaria y reservas, Seguridad alimentaria
Realizador: Sandra Ferrari
 
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