HIGHLIGHTS
Agricultural production this year has decreased by 12% compared with 2014 and 10% compared to the last five years.
The state of emergency declared on 9 November in the Lac region, and then extended for 6 months (until 22 March 2016) hampers the humanitarian response in the region.
Malaria, measles, and meningitis are the major health concerns.
The 2015 report on the state of the world population was launched on 3 December in Sido by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
The decline in agricultural production will have a negative impact on households A significant deficit compared with 2014 and the five-year average
According to the bulletin of the Information System on food security and early warning (SISAAP), agricultural production has decreased in most of Chad. This decrease is caused by the late start of the 2015/2016 agro-pastoral campaign coupled with poor distribution of rainfall in terms of time and space and an early cessation of rains in some areas of the Sahel. Thus, cereal production this year is estimated at 2.4 million tons (against 2.6 million tons in 2014). Sorghum and millet, the most consumed cereals, make up more than half of production. This deficit represents a decrease estimated at 12% compared with last year and 10% compared with the average of the past five years. Most cereal crops (millet, rice, sorghum) have been recorded as seeing a decrease in production compared with the last five years. Corn production has seen a slight increase (+ 1%) compared with the 2014/2015 campaign.
The same SISAAP analysis highlights disparities between regions and sometimes even between departments within the same region.The most affected by this decline are Batha, Bahr-El-Gazal and Mayo-Kebbi Ouest regions where deficits are larger compared with both last year and the average of the past five years, as shown in the map below.
For livestockfarmers, the availability of pasture and water points is average but fodder deficits were recorded in Ouaddai, Wadi Fira, Batha, Bahr-El-Gazal, Kanem, Lac and Lac Iro Department in the Moyen Chari. This explains the premature southward movement of nomadic pastoralists in these areas.