Rapports

FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment results launched The report of the FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment (CFSAM) was launched on 20 June 2003. The report outlines the results of the assessment that took place in…

Mission Highlights Although national cereal production is considerably up on last year, a significant food gap remains, particularly affecting those who lost their crops mainly due to erratic weather in different parts of the country. Coping mechanisms are seriously stressed…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] JOHANNESBURG, 12 June (IRIN) - Eating floor sweepings bought from maize millers and keeping a death watch over family members who consumed poisonous wild foods is what some…

JOHANNESBURG, 11 June (IRIN) - Ahead of the public release on Thursday of a crop and food supply assessment for Zimbabwe, the UN's Humanitarian Coordinator and UN Development Programme Resident Representative, J. Victor Angelo, spoke to IRIN about the…

FOOD SECURITY RISKS CONTINUE DESPITE GOOD PRODUCTION Households and communities in the SADC region are considerably more vulnerable to food and livelihood insecurity today than they were a decade ago. This is illustrated by the impact of the 2002 food crisis…

Beira, Mozambique (PANA) - The Algerian government has donated 12,000 tonnes of rice in support of the victims of drought in the central provinces of Mozambique and three other African states. Alongside the donation for Mozambique, another consignment of 6,000 tonnes…

World Vision Zimbabwe's rehabilitation effort of the US$24 000 Thongwe Dam in Beitbridge's World Vision Limpopo Area Development Programme (ADP), 322 kilometres south of Bulawayo, is nearing completion. Reconstruction of the dam-wall that cracked in 2000, started in the last quarter…

World Vision International vice president, Mr. Bryant Myers has expressed the need to continue supporting the people of Zimbabwe with food aid, as the need is still great. He said this after visiting a food distribution point and an area…

SUMMARY Early harvesting of the 2002/03 food crops (maize, millets and sorghum) has improved cereal availability for a significant number of households in rural and urban areas of Mashonaland, Masvingo, Manicaland and Midlands Provinces. However, given escalating maize prices compared to…

Summary FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission (CFSAM) and the Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee reports are likely to be released in June and will provide an estimate of the food supply situation and household food security.…