Kolda, Senegal, July 26, 2012

Aliou Balde plows Demba Kande's potato field near Kolda, Senegal, July 26, 2012. Kande grows millet, rice, beans, peanuts, and vegetables. "Last year I harvested very little rice; it lasted only three months.

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Food Crisis in West Africa

Senegal Hunger

The Sahel region of West Africa suffered a devastating food crisis in 2012. Drought and erratic rains destroyed crops and pasture, leaving millions struggling with hunger and malnutrition. With programs aimed at supporting farmers and pastoralists not only to survive but to sustain their farms and herds, Oxfam has assisted more than one million people in Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad, Burkina Faso, and Gambia. Now, the harvest has arrived, but the crisis is far from over.

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