Vanhu vanosvika miriyoni makumi mashanu neshanu vakatarisana nedambudziko rekushaikwa kwechikafu nekudya kunovaka muviri kuWest neCentral Africa mukati memwaka wemwedzi mitatu wakaonda kubva munaChikumi kusvika Nyamavhuvhu, UN World Food Programme (WFP) akadaro neChishanu.
Uku kuwedzera kwemamiriyoni mana muhuwandu hwevanhu vari kubata nedambudziko rekushaikwa kwechikafu mudunhu iri.
Mali yakatarisana nemamiriro ezvinhu akaipisisa - vanhu vanosvika zviuru zviviri nemazana matanhatu varipo vanofungidzirwa kuti vari kutarisana nenzara inotyisa - IPC food classification index phase 2,600.verenga mutsananguri wedu pane IPC system pano).
"Nguva yekuita zvino. Tinoda vese vanobatana kuti vasimuke, vabatane, vatore nekuita zvirongwa zvekudzivirira kuti zvinhu zvisabude mukutonga tichiona kuti hapana anosara, "akadaro Margot Vandervelden. WFP's Acting Regional Director weWestern Africa.
Zvinetso zvehupfumi uye zvinotengeswa kunze kwenyika
Iyo yazvino data inoratidza kuti kusagadzikana kwehupfumi kusanganisira kugadzirwa kwakamira, kuderera kwemari, kuwedzera kwemitengo uye zvipingamupinyi zvekutengeserana zvakawedzera dambudziko rekudya muNigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, neMali.
Aya matambudziko ehupfumi pamwe nemitengo yemafuta uye yekufambisa, zvirango zvedunhu reECOWAS uye zvirango pakuyerera kwechigadzirwa cheagropastoral, zvakakonzera kuwedzera kwakanyanya kwemitengo yezviyo mudunhu rese - kuwedzera kwe100 muzana mumakore mashanu apfuura.
Kusvika pari zvino, kurimwa kwezviyo mumwaka wekurima wa2023-2024 kwaita kushomeka kwematani 12 miriyoni ukuwo kuwanikwa kwezviyo pamunhu kuri pasi nezvikamu zviviri kubva muzana kana zvichienzaniswa nemwaka wekurima wapera mudunhu iri.
Pari zvino nyika dzekuMadokero nepakati peAfrica dziri kuvimba nekutenga zvinhu kunze kwenyika kuitira kuti vanhu vawane chikafu, asi kuoma kwehupfumi kwawedzera mutengo wekutenga kunze kwenyika.
Muzvare Vandervelden veWFP vati nyaya idzi dzinoda kuti paitwe mari yakasimba mu "kusimba-kuvaka uye mhinduro dzenguva refu nokuda kweramangwana reWest Africa.”
Shocking highs
Kushaikwa kwezvokudya zvinovaka muviri kuMadokero neCentral Africa kwakwira kusvika kumwero wepamusoro zvinoshamisa 16.7 miriyoni vana vari pasi pemakore mashanu vari kusangana nekushaya chikafu chinovaka muviri.
Dzinopfuura zvikamu zviviri muzvitatu zvemhuri dziri kunetseka kuwana kudya kunovaka muviri uye vana vasere pagumi, vanobvira pamwedzi mitanhatu kusvika kumwedzi makumi maviri nemitatu havana kudya kwakakosha mukukura kwavo nebudiriro.
“Kuti vana vemudunhu vasvike pakugona kwavo, tinofanira kuona kuti musikana nemukomana mumwe nemumwe awana kudya kwakanaka uye kutarisirwa, anogara munzvimbo ine utano uye yakachengeteka, uye anopiwa mikana yekudzidza yakakodzera,” akadaro Gilles Fagninou UNICEF Mutungamiriri wedunhu.
Matimu ekuchamhembe kweNigeria ari kusanganawo nenyaya dzakawanda dzekushaya chikafu chinovaka muviri muzvikamu makumi matatu nerimwe kubva muzana zvevakadzi vane makore gumi nemashanu kusvika makumi mana nepfumbamwe.
Amai Fagninou vakatsanangura kuti kusimbaradza “dzidzo, utano, mvura noutsanana, zvokudya, uye gadziriro dzokudzivirira nzanga,” zvinogona kuguma nokusiyana kwechigarire muhupenyu hwevana.
Sustainable solutions
Masangano eUN, Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), UN Children's Fund UNICEF neWFP, vari kushevedzera kuhurumende dzenyika, masangano epasi rose, masangano akazvimirira oga uye masangano akazvimirira, kuti agadzirise zvigadziriso zvinogara zviripo zvekusimbisa nekutsigira kuchengetedzwa kwechikafu uye kuwedzera kurima.
Mhinduro idzi dzinofanirawo kudzikamisa mhedzisiro yekusagadzikana kwehupfumi, vakadaro.
Panewo tarisiro yekuti hurumende nemasangano akazvimirira oga anofanira kubatana kuti avimbise kodzero dzevanhu dzekudya kune vese.
UNICEF neWFP dzinoronga kuwedzera zvirongwa zvekuchengetedzwa kwevanhu munharaunda kuChad neBurkina Faso, sezvo mamiriyoni evanhu muSenegal, Mali, Mauritania, neNiger vakabatsirwa nezvirongwa zvakadaro.
Pamusoro pezvo, FAO, homwe yekusimudzira kurima IFAD, uye WFP vakabatana mhiri kweSahel kuti vawedzere "kubereka, uye kuwana chikafu chinovaka muviri kuburikidza nezvirongwa zvekusimbaradza."
Dr. Robert Guei, FAO Sub-Regional Coordinator yeWest Africa neSahel, vakati kana vachipindura nyaya idzi dzekusachengeteka kwechikafu nekudya, zvakakosha kusimudzira nekutsigira mitemo inozokurudzira "kusiyana kwezvirimwa, mhuka, uye kugadzirwa kwemvura uye kugadzira chikafu chemuno”.
Vati izvi "zvakakosha kwete chete kuve nechokwadi chekudya kune hutano, kusingadhure gore rose, asi zvakare uye pamusoro pezvose kuchengetedza zvipenyu zvakasiyana-siyana, nekugona kudzikamisa mhedzisiro yekushanduka kwemamiriro ekunze, uye pamusoro pezvose kupikisa mitengo yezvokudya yakakwirira uye kuchengetedza raramo yevagari vemo”.
