Source: World Food Programme, Food and Agriculture Organization
Country: Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal
KEY POINTS
The food security situation is deteriorating in certain regions of Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal and Chad due to an early start of the lean season
Results of the latest food security surveys in Senegal and Mauritania indicate a critical situation for poor households in the Zones-at-Risk
Since December 2013, cereal prices are relatively stable throughout the region but remain above their five year averages
