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Kayayee is the name given to girls or young women in Ghana who work in city marketplaces as a head porter, i.e. carrying the loads of market vendors and shoppers in buckets or baskets balanced on their head for a fee.

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Social C o u n c i l o f 5 February 1988, in which the Counci l drew part icular at tent ion to the cr i t ical locL:;t and gra s shopper s i t ua t i on in one o f t he r eg ions where the i n f e s t a t i on OX:, ginated, m its resolut ion S-13/2 of 1 June 1986 on the United Nat ions Programme of Action for Africsn Economic Recovery and Development 1986-1990 ano resolut ion 41129 of 31 October 1986 on the emergency s i tuat ion in Afr ica, which recognised tha t food productioil on tha t con t inen t m u s t b e i nc rea sed to m e e t i t s popu la t i on s ’ needs , Am that i t s resolut ion 42/169 of 11 December 1967 on an international d8cPd8 for na tura l d i s a s t e r r educ t ion had inc luded the l ocus t and gra s shopper per i l amwg t h e m a j o r d i s a s t e r s c o v e r e d b y the d e c a d e , 4 On behalf of the African States . 8 8 - 2 8 9 9 2 0 5 6 5 2 (E) / . . . (...) MC.2 ‘43/b.C1 Eng l i sh Page 5 14. ~.Q&w t ho Sacrotary-Genoral t o k e e p t h e q u e s t i o n o f t h o l o c u s t a n d gra s shopper i n f e s t a t i on under r ev i ew , par t i cu l a r l y i n A f r i ca , and t o u n d e r t a k e , i n consultation with the Director-General of the Food end Agriculture Organ~aetion of the United Nations, the necessary actfcm to make the world community mot8 aware of the disastrous cumulat ive consequences of locust and grasshtipper infestation, s p e c i f i c a l l y w i t h r e s p e c t t o f o o d socurityj 15. P&W t o i n c l u d e t h e q u e s t i o n o f t h e l o c u s t ana gra s shopper i n f e s t a t i o n , p a r t i c u l a r l y i n A f r i c a , i n t h e p r o v i s i o n a l agenda o f i t s f o r t y - f o u r t h s e s s i o n , and reque s t s t he Secre ta ry -Genera l t o submi t t o i t on tha t occa s ion , through the Economic and Social Counci l a t i t s second regular session in 1989, a tIetailed repor t on the imp lemen ta t i on o f t he p rov i s i on s o f t h i s r e so lu t i on , inc lud ing a r epor t by ehe D i r e c t o r - G e n e r a l o f the Food Ana A g r i c u l t u r e Organfaation of the United Nat ions on developments in the f ight against locust and grasshopper i n f e s t a t i o n .

At about 1210 hours local time, an explosive device went off at the Camel open air market, which was teeming at the time with Passover shoppers. As a result of the explosion, one woman shopper was killed and 28 persons were injured, 5 of them seriously.

Yuaoslavia Zaire**2 r e v i s e d daft r e s o l u t i o n uternational f&x&e&w f o r t h e f i g h t ag&Wst l o c u s t a n d S-nQ , p a r t i c u l a r l y i n Africg The General Assembly, Recallinq its resolution 41/185 of 8 December 1986 and Economic and Social Counci l resolut ion 198813 of 24 May 1988 concerning the f ight against locust aad gras shopper in fe s t a t ion in Afr i ca , Regallina also Economic and Social Counci l resolut ion 1988/2 of 5 February 1968 , i n wh ich the Counc i l d rew par t i cu l a r a t t en t i on to the c r i t i ca l * On behalf of the States Members of the United Nations that are members of the European Economic Community. ** On behalf of the African States . 88-30714 0 6 7 8 2 ( E ) / . v . (...) ZWM&RQ& wi th i n t e re s t o f t he r epor t o f t he D i r e c t o r - G e n e r a l of the Food and Agricul ture Organization of the UnJ.ted Nat ions , ent i t led “Fight ngninst. l ocus t and gra s shopper in f e s t a t i on in Africa”) 21 2. El;lraEassaa i t s ~XJJ a t ‘de wor sen ing locus t and gra s shoppor i n f e s t a t i o n s , e s p e c i a l l y i n A f r i c a , which may adversely af fect food product ion and resul t in renewed famine, and rea f f i rms t h e need t o accord tho h ighe s t p r io r i t y t o locust and grasshopper control and eradicatic n; 3. x-note o f t h e e f f o r t s o f a f f e c t e d c o u n t r i e s and expre s se s i t s g ra t i t ude to donor coun t r i e s , organizations of the United Not ions s y s t e m and o ther compe ten t i n s t i t u t i ons i n the i r e f fo r t s t o con ta in the i n f e s t a t i o n , in part icular the Emergency Centre for Locust Operat ions of tho Food and Agricul ture Organizet ion of the Uniteri Nat ions, the Joint Orqnnizat ion for Locust and Avian Pest Control, the Desert Locust Control Oryanizat ion-East Afr ica and the Joint Committee of Mahgreb Experts on Locust and Grasshopper Controlt 4. .w a l l c o u n t r i e s r e c e n t l y t h r e a t e n e d b y t h e invaoion of d e s e r t locusts to take all appropriate measures to develop their own nat ional means of protection aga in s t l ocu s t s and gra s shopper s and to con t r ibu te to the implementation / . . .

Even so, EFS results will still be for the household, not for individuals, because the main food shopper buys and hence records the bulk of the food eaten by others. (...) It is hoped to be able to identify a Main Food Shopper and that this will be a satisfactory proxy for the MDK (...) These are items not always bought by the main shopper and more likely to be picked up with diaries for individuals