Pafupifupi anthu 55 miliyoni akukumana ndi vuto linalake lazakudya ndi zakudya ku West ndi Central Africa munyengo yowonda ya miyezi itatu kuyambira Juni mpaka Ogasiti, bungwe la UN World Food Program (WFP) anatero Lachisanu.
Ichi ndi chiwonjezeko mamiliyoni anayi cha anthu omwe akukumana ndi vuto la kusowa kwa chakudya m'derali.
Mali ikuyang'anizana ndi zovuta kwambiri - pafupifupi anthu 2,600 komweko akuganiziridwa kuti akukumana ndi njala yowopsa - IPC food classification index phase 5.werengani wofotokozera wathu pa dongosolo la IPC apa).
"Nthawi yoti tichitepo kanthu ndi ino. Tikufunika onse ogwira nawo ntchito kuti achitepo kanthu, achitepo kanthu, atengere ndikukhazikitsa mapulogalamu atsopano kuti zinthu zisamayende bwino ndikuwonetsetsa kuti palibe amene akutsalira, "atero a Margot Vandervelden. WFP's Acting Director Regional ku Western Africa.
Mavuto azachuma ndi zogulitsa kunja
Deta yaposachedwa kwambiri ikuwonetsa kuti kusokonekera kwachuma kuphatikiza kupanga kwapang'onopang'ono, kutsika kwa ndalama, kukwera kwa kukwera kwa mitengo ndi zolepheretsa zamalonda zawonjezera vuto la chakudya ku Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, ndi Mali.
Mavuto azachuma awa komanso mtengo wamafuta ndi zoyendera, zilango za bungwe la ECOWAS komanso zoletsa kuyenda kwa zinthu za agropastoral, zathandizira kuwonjezereka kwamitengo yambewu m'dera lonselo - kukwera kopitilira 100 pazaka 5 zapitazi.
Mpaka pano, ulimi wa phala munyengo yaulimi ya 2023-2024 wasowa matani 12 miliyoni pomwe kupezeka kwa mbewu monga chimanga pa munthu aliyense kwatsika ndi XNUMX peresenti poyerekeza ndi nyengo yaulimi yapitayi.
Pakali pano, Kumadzulo ndi Pakati pa Africa amadalira katundu wogula kunja kuti akwaniritse zosowa za anthu, koma mavuto azachuma awonjezera mtengo wogula kunja.
Mayi Vandervelden wa WFP adati nkhaniyi ikufuna a ndalama zolimba mu "zomanga zolimba komanso zothetsera nthawi yayitali za tsogolo la West Africa.”
Mapamwamba odabwitsa
Kuperewera kwa zakudya m'thupi ku West ndi Central Africa kwakwera kwambiri modabwitsa Ana 16.7 miliyoni osakwana zaka zisanu akukumana ndi vuto la kusowa kwa zakudya m'thupi.
Mabanja oposera awiri mwa magawo atatu aliwonse akuvutika kuti apeze zakudya zopatsa thanzi ndipo ana asanu ndi atatu mwa 10 aliwonse, kuyambira miyezi isanu ndi umodzi mpaka 23 sadya zakudya zofunika kuti akule bwino komanso akule bwino.
“Kuti ana a m’derali akwaniritse zonse zomwe angathe, tikuyenera kuwonetsetsa kuti mtsikana ndi mnyamata aliyense akulandira zakudya ndi chisamaliro chabwino, amakhala m’malo athanzi komanso otetezeka, ndipo amapatsidwa mwayi wophunzira bwino,” anatero Gilles Fagninou UNICEF Mtsogoleri Wachigawo.
Madera a kumpoto kwa Nigeria akukumananso ndi matenda ambiri osowa zakudya m'thupi mwa pafupifupi 31 peresenti ya amayi azaka zapakati pa 15 mpaka 49.
Mayi Fagninou anafotokoza kuti kulimbikitsa “maphunziro, thanzi, madzi ndi ukhondo, chakudya, ndi chitetezo cha anthu,” zingabweretse kusiyana kokhalitsa m'miyoyo ya ana.
Yankho lokhazikika
Mabungwe a UN a Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), UN Children's Fund UNICEF ndi WFP, ikuyitanitsa maboma a mayiko, mabungwe apadziko lonse, mabungwe a anthu ndi mabungwe apadera, kuti akhazikitse njira zothetsera kulimbikitsa ndi kuthandizira chitetezo cha chakudya ndikuwonjezera zokolola zaulimi.
Njira zothetsera vutoli ziyeneranso kuchepetsa mavuto omwe amabwera chifukwa cha kusakhazikika kwachuma, adatero.
Palinso chiyembekezo kuti maboma ndi mabungwe azigwira ntchito limodzi pofuna kutsimikizira ufulu wachibadwidwe wa chakudya kwa anthu onse.
UNICEF ndi WFP akukonzekera kuwonjezera mapulogalamu a chitetezo cha anthu ku Chad ndi Burkina Faso, monga mamiliyoni a anthu ku Senegal, Mali, Mauritania, ndi Niger apindula ndi mapulogalamuwa.
Kuphatikiza apo, FAO, thumba lachitukuko chaulimi IFAD, ndi WFP agwirizana kudera lonse la Sahel kuti awonjezere "zokolola, ndi mwayi wopeza chakudya chopatsa thanzi kudzera m'mapulogalamu olimbikitsa mphamvu."
Dr. Robert Guei, Wogwirizanitsa Ntchito Zachigawo cha FAO ku West Africa ndi Sahel, adanena kuti poyankha milandu ya kusowa kwa chakudya ndi zakudya, ndikofunikira kulimbikitsa ndi kuthandizira ndondomeko zomwe zingalimbikitse "kusiyana kwa zomera, zinyama, ndi zinyama. kupanga m’madzi ndi kukonza zakudya za m’deralo”.
Anati izi "zinali zofunika osati kuonetsetsa kuti zakudya zathanzi, zotsika mtengo chaka chonse, komanso makamaka kuteteza zamoyo zosiyanasiyana, zomwe zingathe kuchepetsa kusintha kwa nyengo, ndi koposa zonse kulimbana ndi kukwera mtengo kwa zakudya ndi kuteteza moyo wa anthu okhudzidwa”.
