News from Nagaland, India:
The price of fuel has risen dramatically! Mustard oil, used for cooking has also risen steeply. Rice, which is their staple food has risen 10 rupees to 20 rupees a kilo. This is also true of other food.
Starting last year a certain type of bamboo flowered, which caused a huge increase in the rat population as well as certain insects. The rat population is increasing monthly and many crops are being destroyed. The fear is that next year the situation will be much worse. Right now the bamboo seeds are falling to the ground and after these seeds are eaten the rats turn to what ever crops and stored grain they can find. By June or so the situation will become dire. The fear is that next year there will be famine in Nagaland. Our committee reports that even now in the Indian north east state of Mizoram people are dying because of lack of food.
Bangladesh, Chittagon Hill Tribes:
The situation is already extremely bad. People are dying because of the rat population explosion and the destruction of crops. This is the worst food crisis in those hill tracts in 35 years! Besides this, that bamboo that dies is also a cash crop and this normal source of income is lost to the tribal people.
Nepal:
No famine as of now, but inflation rate has sky rocketed. People there are finding it difficult to cope with their usual income. Financial constraints are affecting the churches also.
The price of fuel has risen dramatically! Mustard oil, used for cooking has also risen steeply. Rice, which is their staple food has risen 10 rupees to 20 rupees a kilo. This is also true of other food.
Starting last year a certain type of bamboo flowered, which caused a huge increase in the rat population as well as certain insects. The rat population is increasing monthly and many crops are being destroyed. The fear is that next year the situation will be much worse. Right now the bamboo seeds are falling to the ground and after these seeds are eaten the rats turn to what ever crops and stored grain they can find. By June or so the situation will become dire. The fear is that next year there will be famine in Nagaland. Our committee reports that even now in the Indian north east state of Mizoram people are dying because of lack of food.
Bangladesh, Chittagon Hill Tribes:
The situation is already extremely bad. People are dying because of the rat population explosion and the destruction of crops. This is the worst food crisis in those hill tracts in 35 years! Besides this, that bamboo that dies is also a cash crop and this normal source of income is lost to the tribal people.
Nepal:
No famine as of now, but inflation rate has sky rocketed. People there are finding it difficult to cope with their usual income. Financial constraints are affecting the churches also.
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