OCHA Situation Report
Burundi
15 - 22 April 2007


Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

ACTIVITIES AND UPDATES

Food security: In preparation of the agricultural season 2007-C, the 
FAO/Emergency Rehabilitation and Coordination Unit (ERCU) purchased 
2,800 kgs of 11 different types of vegetable seeds to assist nearly 
280,000 family beneficiaries. This quantity will be complemented by the 
distribution of quality seeds of beans, maize, soya bean, peanuts and 
potatoes to vulnerable families who have access to marshlands. This 
activity is under the seeds rehabilitation programme under which the 
distribution of livestock is underway in the targeted provinces of 
Ruyigi, Cankuzo, Gitega and Ngozi. By end of June 2007, 5,151 goats will 
have been distributed to around 1,700 beneficiaries including especially 
returnees and former displaced persons in the stage of reinstallation. 
This distribution is an additional support to vulnerable families whose 
crop harvests were very poor in agricultural seasons 2006-C and 2007-A.

As part of ongoing efforts to attenuate the effects of food insecurity 
affecting several provinces, in collaboration with SOPRAD ActionAid 
Burundi distributed 187 MT of beans and maize and 12,000 bags of 
vegetable seeds to 6,250 families in the commune of Bweru in Ruyigi 
province.

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