Chad declares food emergency
The HinduPublished : Jun 07, 2022 13:42 IST Last week, Chad declared a food emergency due to a lack of grain supplies. “We can’t make ends meet, even though I decided to increase our food ration by 30,000 CFA francs. It’s very complicated, and we need the international community to help us.’‘ On June 3, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization reported that international wheat prices had risen for a fourth consecutive month — up 5.6 per cent in May alone. The government faulted for not acting fast According to Daouda El Hadj Adam, secretary-general of Chad’s consumer rights association, the country’s transitional government should have acted early enough to prevent a food emergency. “The government could have made this decision very early and taken consistent action,” he said, adding that extra measures need to be taken beyond food aid support.
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