Abidjan — Almost a quarter of households in rural parts of Cote d'Ivoire suffer from food insecurity and malnutrition is spreading, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) warns.
"The main part of the poverty [in Cote d'Ivoire] is found in rural areas," Marie-Noëlle Koyara told journalists on 18 October. According to the statistics of FAO, between 9 and 22 percent of rural households are either moderately or chronically food insecure.
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