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Jun 30, 2013 16:03
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French term
"pré soudure"
French to English
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Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
food security
If "soudure" is the "lean season" in the Sahel (SubSaharan Africa), for example, does anyone have a good suggestion for the translation of "pre-soudure" - the weeks leading up to the start of the actual lean season when conditions are starting to deteriorate ???
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | time of famine |
Alison Billington
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| 3 | pre-harvest hungry season |
liz askew
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Proposed translations
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pre-harvest hungry season
https://poverty-action.org/sites/.../seasonal-migration-and-...
by G Bryan - 2012 - Cited by 12 - Related articles
Rangpur region of Bangladesh with disturbing regularity. Such predictable pre-harvest hungry seasons are also widespread in sub-Saharan Africa. The solution ...
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or
pre-harvest 'hunger' season
CBMuk: RT @wfp_wafrica: As pre-harvest 'hunger' season arrives ...
www.cbmuk.org.uk/cbmuk-rt-wfpwafrica-pre-harvest-hunger-sea...
Apr 23, 2013 – CBMuk: RT @wfp_wafrica: As pre-harvest 'hunger' season arrives, food stocks expected to dwindle - @WFP food assistance in the #Sahel is a ...
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hunger season - Rural Poverty Portal
www.ruralpovertyportal.org › Region & country
... get through the 'hunger season' that precedes the harvest. The soudure or pre-harvest period runs from mid-July to mid-September, a time when family cereal ..
by G Bryan - 2012 - Cited by 12 - Related articles
Rangpur region of Bangladesh with disturbing regularity. Such predictable pre-harvest hungry seasons are also widespread in sub-Saharan Africa. The solution ...
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Note added at 3 hrs (2013-06-30 19:53:57 GMT)
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or
pre-harvest 'hunger' season
CBMuk: RT @wfp_wafrica: As pre-harvest 'hunger' season arrives ...
www.cbmuk.org.uk/cbmuk-rt-wfpwafrica-pre-harvest-hunger-sea...
Apr 23, 2013 – CBMuk: RT @wfp_wafrica: As pre-harvest 'hunger' season arrives, food stocks expected to dwindle - @WFP food assistance in the #Sahel is a ...
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Note added at 3 hrs (2013-06-30 19:54:21 GMT)
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hunger season - Rural Poverty Portal
www.ruralpovertyportal.org › Region & country
... get through the 'hunger season' that precedes the harvest. The soudure or pre-harvest period runs from mid-July to mid-September, a time when family cereal ..
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Alison Billington
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
Translator of French to English
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: French to English, English, French
French term (edited):
\"pré soudure\"
time of famine
In Africa there are times of the year when food is scarce.
Discussion
blogs.worldwatch.org/.../innovation-of-the-week-banking-on-the-harvest...
Oct 14, 2010 – Called the soudure bank, or pre-harvest bank, IFAD's project is based on exchange. Every week during the pre-harvest season, poor farmers ...
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/french_to_english/agriculture/2875...