Niger: a meal of millet husks

Aid agencies say almost half of the population of the African nation of Niger desperately needs food and up to one in six children are suffering from acute malnutrition. Susy Hodges finds out more about this under-reported hunger crisis from Land Hartill of Catholic Relief Services who was recently in Niger..

"... Right now, the hunger crisis is severe ..... there's actually food in the markets but no one can afford to buy it.... the situation is very bad and will probably get worse before it gets better....women I met were eating millet husks --- and unless the root causes are addressed we will see this happen (again) down the road...."