Zambia
SUMMARY Malnutrition rates among children under five years of age in Zambia are high with rural areas being more affected than urban areas. Causes of poor health and nutrition in Zambia are multifactorial but key among these are inadequate food…
Kenya + 2 more
Testimony of Jason Phillips, IRC, Kenya, before US Senate Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia hearing entitled "Half a Loaf? - The Impact of Excluding Surplus Commodities from America's Response to Global Hunger" Jason Phillips,…
Mozambique
Mission Highlights - Severe dry weather during the 2001/02 cropping season sharply reduced crop yields in southern and parts of central Mozambique. - In the main cereal growing areas of the northern region and remaining parts of the…
Malawi
SYNOPSISProject Country: MalawiProject Number: 10201.0Number of beneficiaries: 2, 085, 000WFP food tonnage: 54,426 MTWFP food cost: US$ 14,417,658Total cost to WFP: US$ 31,735,808Duration: Four months (1 June to 30 September 2002) BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE Present Disaster 1. Poor harvests…
Malawi
A contribution to the UN-WFP Inter-Agency Vulnerability Assessments April-May 2002 Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Background - Malawi Food Crisis and the UN Vulnerability Assessments 3. Updating the HEA/RiskMap database -- Malawi 3.1 Approaches and Methodologies 3.2 Updating the RiskMap Computer Programme 3.3 The analysis…
Lesotho
Health status The situation analysis conducted in May 2002, to assess the impact of famine in the country by MOHSW and WHO Lesotho, revealed that the three main causes of morbidity and mortality among under-fives are respiratory…
Ethiopia
By Benoit Raymakers, UN-Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia 1 Introduction and background Wag Hamra zone1 in Amhara National Regional State (ANRS) is one of the most arid and inauspicious zones of Ethiopia. The majority of inhabitants in this densely…
Lesotho
Mission Highlights - Domestic cereal supply in 2002/03 is estimated at 74 000 tonnes, while total national consumption requirement is estimated at 412 000 tonnes. This results in an import requirement of 338 000 tonnes. Commercial imports…
Zimbabwe
Mission Highlights - Zimbabwe is facing a serious food crisis, even at harvest time, and unless international food assistance is provided urgently and adequately, there will be a serious famine and loss of life in the coming months. - Cereal production…
