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NewsletterGIEWS Special Alert No. 333 - Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone (Ebola outbreak)
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The 2014 main crop harvesting season is about to start and faces difficulties mainly due to labour shortages as a result of movement restrictions following the Ebola outbreak. Disruptions in cross-border trade and marketing activities have resulted in sharp price rises, affecting the food security situation of large numbers of people. An Emergency Operation (EMOP) amounting to 65 000 tonnes was jointly approved by WFP and FAO on 25 August 2014 to provide food assistance to approximately 1.3 million most affected people over a period of three months. FAO, together with respective government authorities and other stakeholders, is supporting the overall response plan and identifying appropriate mechanisms to assist agricultural production, specifically in harvesting and related post-harvest activities. -
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Achaea catocaloides (Guenée, 1852) (Erebidae) is a migratory, polyphagous forest insect that also attacks crops such as cocoa, coffee, citrus, plantain, mango, maize, groundnut, etc. Outbreaks were first reported in Africa, in Entebbe, Uganda, and DR Congo in 1930 (Pitman, 1930; Vinall, 1930). Since then, periodic irruptions occurred in tropical Africa, including Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigeria, Guinea, Gabon, Cameroon, Liberia, Uganda, Kenya, Côte d’Ivoire. The moth is widespread in West, Central, and East Africa. In addition to causing damage to crops, this pest poses a risk of contaminating drinking water sources with caterpillars and their feces -
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