The marketing system in the Sahel is rudimentary. but not totally ineffectual. There is now. of course. less native food to be distributed. The lands have been weakened and there is not much that can be done without the aid of fertilizers and massive irrigation efforts. The people have been weakened by the drought. Moreover. the clustering of refugees around the cities has inhibited some crop planting. Clustering around urban areas is largely the result of the distribution of relief foods in these areas. The problems of the Sahel go far deeper than the staving off of a famine with relief foods this year and next.
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