Evaluaciones

OVERVIEW While the acute, drought related food insecurity abates in many parts of the country, many poorer households in almost all household economy groups struggle to re-establish livelihoods and in many cases fail to acquire the minimum…

FSAU REPORTS AND ACTIVITIES **FSAU DEYR HARVEST ASSESSMENT : FSAU is carrying out the Deyr field assessment between 29 January and 10 February 2003. The findings will be shared with key partners to reach a consensus. The FSAU Field Team…

The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) and the WFP Technical Support Unit (WFP TSU), in association with Save the Children (SC UK) and FAO, issue periodic warnings when population groups are now, or about to become, highly…

Mr James T. Morris Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Humanitarian Needs in Southern Africa and Mr Stephen Lewis Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for HIV/AIDS in Africa I. Introduction The world knows that HIV/AIDS is fatal. The world also knows that southern Africa,…

Highlights In all but the southern parts of the country, rainfall (both in quantity and distribution) improved significantly during the second part of December and continued to improve through January. So far, food aid imports have met only around 35 percent…

Zambia National Vulnerability Assessment Committee in collaboration with the SADC FANR Vulnerability Assessment Committee Preface This emergency food security assessment is regionally coordinated by the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resources (FANR) Vulnerability Assessment Committee (VAC), in collaboration with…

Highlights Insufficient and erratic rains over the last three months have resulted in extremely poor harvest prospects throughout southern Mozambique, and in parts of the central region, according to field assessments and detailed analyses of satellite data. First season maize production,…

Ethiopia: Drought Emergency Update Unusual rains in many parts of the country Unusual recent rains fell in central Ethiopia with mixed impact but mostly beneficial to water and pasture replenishment. In the north, farmers used rains to begin land preparation (South…

Summary A cereal deficit of approximately 1 million MT is expected for the 2003/04 consumption year; the Government and NGO community need to start planning for continued food aid, non food aid and food imports for the…

SADC REGIONAL FOOD SECURITY EMERGENCY ASSESSMENT HIGHLIGHTS The December VAC emergency food security and vulnerability assessments confirm that food aid needs are increasing much as expected, with the most severe months from January through March. Efforts to alleviate this year's food…