Informes

Key Messages In surplus-producing areas, Minimal (IPC Phase 1) acute food insecurity outcomes are ongoing as households continue to consume own-produced food stocks and access income from food and cash crop sales. In the deficit-producing areas, widespread…

Situation Update The value of the Zimbabwean dollar (ZWL) plummeted sharply between May and June, making many products and services priced in ZWL unaffordable for some individuals. During this period, the ZWL devalued by 235%, 335%, and 157% on…

Zimbabwe’s upcoming general election will take place in the context of five years of systematic, brutal crackdowns on human rights, including recent restrictions on political opposition gatherings, the violent suppression of protests and the criminalization of…

END OF 2022/2023 SEASON As the 2022/2023 rainfall seasons is tailing off a negligible amount of rainfall was recorded in parts of Masvingo, Manicaland Mashonaland East, Matabeleland North and South in the month of May. Persistent high…

HARARE –The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a US$2 million contribution from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to support more than 2,000 vulnerable families in three urban areas over the next…

The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) monitors trends in staple food prices in countries vulnerable to food insecurity. Foreach FEWS NET country and region, the Price Bulletin provides a set of charts showing monthly…

Harare, Zimbabwe – The detection of wild polio virus (WPV1) outside Pakistan and Afghanistan, the world’s two remaining endemic countries, underscores the importance of prioritizing polio immunization activities in countries to stop transmission and prevent future…

How money from the World Food Programme economically empowers people in tough circumstances "I'm the parent here, I'm responsible for everything," says Egnetta, a woman in her sixties who heads a household of 20 in Bulawayo, Matabeleland,…

Below-average incomes and harvests reduce food access in deficit areas Key Messages The 2023 harvests have improved food availability and access and are driving widespread Stressed (IPC Phase 2) acute food insecurity outcomes in deficit-producing areas and Minimal…

Key Messages • At the conclusion of Marketing Year (MY) 2022/231 maize supplies in Southern Africa were close to the five-year average, but 10 percent lower than MY 2021/22 (Figure 1). However, aggregate maize supplies were sufficient…