Cameroon

Dannina Fesil is a mother of five and receives food assistance for WFP. WFP/Josefin Barck

Cameroon: Mother Of Five Optimistic Amidst Bleak Conditions

WFP is providing food assistance to more than 200,000 people affected by crop failure and livestock losses in the Far North region of Cameroon, where poverty rates are well above  than the 40 percent national average.    

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Overview

Cameroon is a low-income, food deficit country (LIFDC). It has 16 million inhabitants, with an annual demographic growth rate of 2.8 percent. Cameroon is ranked 144th out of 177 countries in the 2007 Human Development Report. 40.2 percent of its 16 million people live below the poverty line of one US dollar per day of which 52.1 percent are in rural areas.

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Country at a glance 2013
Planned Beneficiaries305,775
Beneficiary needs (mt)3,715
Beneficiary needs ($US)4,716,123
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