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UN:Over 500,000 Tajiks could face food shortages soon |
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13:19, March 12, 2008 |
More than half a million Tajiks could soon face food shortages as a severe winter turns to flooding, a United Nations spokesperson said Tuesday.
According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), long-awaited warmer temperatures have replaced snow with intense rains and avalanches, mudflows and floods threaten much of the country.
The assessment made by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization(FAO) and the agriculture ministry of Tajikistan showed that herders and farmers have sustained losses totaling around 250 million dollars.
In April and May, a number of UN agencies will conduct an in-depth assessment of livelihoods and food security in the country while setting up a structure that could be expanded to deal with possible future emergencies.
Source:Xinhua
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