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Price monitoring and analysis country brief - Mauritania

Year of publication 2012

Author Agriculture and Economic Development Analysis Division

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Category Other document

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Synopsis (short abstract) The country is affected by high food prices resulting from the reduced 2011 harvest and high international food prices. According to recent surveys, the number of food insecure people is 838,000, with acute food insecurity levels already noted in southeastern Mauritania; the situation is expected to deteriorate further in the upcoming months. Massive displacement caused by recent fighting in Mali has forced some 11,000 people into Mauritania. The Government has launched a plan to assist th e food insecure population with free food aid, subsidized cereal sales and livestock fodder.

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