Rapports

Dryness in southern and central provinces affects planting and crop conditions Poor rainfall distribution and cumulative deficits, combined with abnormally high temperatures, have dampened prospects for the main maize harvest in much of southern and central Mozambique. Given that large numbers…

In the most likely scenario, the majority of households throughout the country will have food security guaranteed in the next six months, with favorable food availability and access. The Vulnerability Analysis Group (GAV) from the Technical Secretariat for Food Security…

"Hunger is the lack of rain." ("A fome é a falta de chuva"): these are the words of a local farmer from Chicualacuala, a small town situated in the South-west of Mozambique, when asked about the causes of food…

Although the country is in the midst of the hunger period, the majority of households still have reasonable food access as the food supply and market prices remain generally stable and following seasonal patterns. - Preliminary results from the annual vulnerability…

Ricardo Uauy, President of the International Union of Nutrition Sciences, urged over 4,000 of the world's leading nutrition experts from 100 nations attending the Congress to move one step further in their battle against global malnutrition today with a…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) BACKGROUND Many countries in Africa are beset by a range of disasters, from complex emergencies to drought, floods, cyclones, and earthquakes. Climate variability, rapid population…

Although food reserves are steadily declining after a relatively good harvest, the majority of households still have reliable food access as the food supply and market prices remain generally stable. In the semi?arid districts of southern Tete province and northwest…

Committee on the Rights of the Child The Committee on the Rights of the Child today reviewed the second periodic report of Mozambique on how that country is implementing the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the…

Food availability and access have not changed substantially for most households in the last two months; the majority now has nearly adequate access to food. Moderate levels of food insecurity is found in most of the semi-arid zones, where poorer…

Food security across the country has improved with the arrival of the harvest, and most households now have nearly adequate access to food and are generally food secure. But in central and southern zones, where shocks and limited livelihood…