Kusan mutane miliyan 55 ne ke fuskantar karin karancin abinci da abinci mai gina jiki a Yammaci da Tsakiyar Afirka a cikin watanni uku na bana na yankin daga Yuni zuwa Agusta, Hukumar Abinci ta Majalisar Dinkin Duniya (WFP) yace ranar juma'a.
Wannan dai shi ne karuwar mutane miliyan hudu a halin yanzu da ke fuskantar matsalar karancin abinci a yankin.
Mali na fuskantar yanayi mafi muni - kusan mutane 2,600 ana kyautata zaton suna fama da bala'in yunwa - IPC rarrabuwar abinci index kashi 5 (karanta mana bayani akan tsarin IPC anan).
"Lokacin yin aiki shine yanzu. Muna buƙatar duk abokan haɗin gwiwa don haɓakawa, haɗawa, ɗauka da aiwatar da sabbin shirye-shirye don hana lamarin daga samun iko yayin da tabbatar da cewa ba a bar kowa a baya ba, ”in ji Margot Vandervelden. WFPMukaddashin Daraktan Yanki na Yamma Afirka.
Kalubalen tattalin arziki da shigo da kaya
Bayanai na baya-bayan nan sun nuna cewa tabarbarewar tattalin arziki ciki har da stagnated samarwa, faduwar darajar kudi, karuwar hauhawar farashin kayayyaki da kuma shingen kasuwanci sun ta'azzara matsalar karancin abinci a Najeriya, Ghana, Saliyo, da Mali.
Wadannan kalubalen tattalin arziki da kuma tsadar man fetur da sufuri, takunkumin da kungiyar ECOWAS ta kakabawa yankin da kuma hana zirga-zirgar noma, sun taimaka wajen karuwar farashin hatsi a fadin yankin - wanda ya karu fiye da kashi 100 cikin shekaru 5 da suka gabata.
Ya zuwa yanzu, noman hatsi na kakar noma ta 2023-2024 ya gamu da gibin tan miliyan 12 yayin da samar da hatsi ga kowane mutum ya ragu da kashi biyu cikin ɗari idan aka kwatanta da lokacin noman da ya gabata a yankin.
A halin yanzu, kasashen yammaci da tsakiyar Afirka sun dogara ne kan shigo da kayayyaki daga kasashen waje don biyan bukatun jama'a, amma matsalar tattalin arziki ya kara tsadar kayayyakin da ake shigowa da su daga kasashen waje.
Ms. Vandervelden ta WFP ta ce waɗannan batutuwan suna buƙatar a zuba jari mai ƙarfi a cikin “ginin juriya da mafita na dogon lokaci don makomar yammacin Afirka."
Matsayi mai ban tsoro
Rashin abinci mai gina jiki a Yammaci da Tsakiyar Afirka ya karu zuwa wani abu mai ban mamaki tare da Yara miliyan 16.7 'yan kasa da shekaru biyar suna fama da matsananciyar rashin abinci mai gina jiki.
Fiye da kashi biyu bisa uku na gidaje suna kokawa don samun abinci mai kyau kuma takwas cikin 10 yara, daga watanni shida zuwa 23 ba sa cin abinci mai mahimmanci don haɓakar haɓaka da haɓakarsu.
“Domin yara a yankin su kai ga gaci, muna buƙatar tabbatar da cewa kowane yarinya da yaro sun sami abinci mai kyau da kulawa, yana rayuwa a cikin yanayi mai lafiya da aminci, kuma an ba shi damar koyo daidai,” in ji Gilles Fagninou UNICEF Daraktan Yanki.
Sassan arewacin Najeriya kuma ana fama da matsalar karancin abinci mai gina jiki a cikin kashi 31 cikin 15 na mata masu shekaru 49 zuwa XNUMX.
Ms. Fagninou ta bayyana cewa karfafa "ilimi, kiwon lafiya, ruwa da tsaftar muhalli, abinci, da tsarin kare al'umma," zai iya haifar da bambance-bambance masu dorewa a cikin rayuwar yara.
Magani masu dorewa
Hukumar Abinci da Aikin Noma ta Majalisar Dinkin Duniya (UN)FAO), Asusun kula da yara na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya UNICEF da WFP, suna kira ga gwamnatocin kasa, kungiyoyin kasa da kasa, kungiyoyin farar hula da kuma kamfanoni masu zaman kansu, da su samar da mafita mai dorewa don karfafawa da tallafawa samar da abinci da kuma kara yawan amfanin gona.
Ya kamata kuma wadannan hanyoyin magance matsalar sauyin yanayin tattalin arziki, in ji su.
Akwai kuma tsammanin cewa ya kamata gwamnatoci da sassa masu zaman kansu su hada karfi da karfe don tabbatar da hakkin dan Adam na abinci ga kowa.
UNICEF da WFP sun yi shirin fadada shirye-shiryen kare zamantakewar jama'a na kasa zuwa Chadi da Burkina Faso, yayin da miliyoyin mutane a Senegal, Mali, Mauritania, da Nijar suka ci gajiyar irin wadannan shirye-shirye.
Bugu da kari, FAO, asusun bunkasa aikin gona IFAD, da WFP sun yi hadin gwiwa a fadin Sahel don fadada "samar aiki, da samun abinci mai gina jiki ta hanyar shirye-shiryen gina jiki."
Dokta Robert Guei, jami'in hukumar FAO reshen yammacin Afirka da Sahel, ya ce, a lokacin da ake mayar da martani kan wadannan al'amura na rashin abinci da abinci, yana da muhimmanci a inganta da kuma tallafa wa manufofin da za su karfafa "banbancin tsiro, dabbobi, da dai sauransu. samar da ruwa da sarrafa abincin gida”.
Ya ce wannan yana da mahimmanci ba wai don tabbatar da lafiya, abinci mai araha a duk shekara ba, har ma fiye da komai don kare rayayyun halittu, tare da yuwuwar rage tasirin sauyin yanayi, da kuma sama da duka don magance hauhawar farashin abinci da kuma kare rayuwar al’ummar da abin ya shafa”.
