WFP Warns Over Agricultural, Food Crises In CAR

Devex: CAR ‘can’t wait anymore’ — WFP
“With almost its entire population in desperate need of food, the conflict-ridden Central African Republic is on the brink of a total humanitarian catastrophe. … On a visit to the country just two weeks ago, Arif Husain, the World Food Programme’s chief economist, warned that the CAR economy was ‘on its knees’ and that the agricultural sector — the backbone of economic output — has been absolutely decimated…” (Donelli, 4/28).

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