Mali: Food security and humanitarian implications in West Africa and the Sahel - December 2012 - January 2013

Key points

• The resumption of hostilities in northern Mali leads to an influx of displaced people in an ever more difficult context for affected populations

• Prices of millet are still high in the Sahel despite a good harvest

• Food insecurity still persists because of the 2011-2012 crises which resulted from natural disasters, high malnutrition rates and prices still high for the poorest Sahelian households

• Locust invasions are decreasing