Rapports

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…

Wednesday, May 29, 2002 - Giampiero Alhadeff, SOLIDAR's Secretary General, on returning from Zimbabwe where he met with opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai and senior trade unionists, stated that the restoration of the rule of law and of democracy must…

JOHANNESBURG, 28 May (IRIN) - A western human rights group has released a damning report accusing the Zimbabwean government of withholding food aid from Zimbabweans who voted for the opposition party in the controversial March election. The Danish Doctors for…

by Robert Michel - Communications Director Southern Africa 27th May, 2002 - Hunger is biting deeper and deeper throughout most of the Southern Africa region. Following years of insufficient harvests due to a combination of droughts, floods, and political events, the…

Zimbabwe Faces Largest Food Gap Ever FEWS NET estimates that Zimbabwe's 13.7 million people will require about 2.2 million MT of cereals (maize, wheat and millet) for consumption in the 2002/2003 marketing year, plus an additional 350,000MT…

Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe government disclosed it had set aside 20.7 billion Zimbdollars (about 363.6 million US dollars) for immediate food relief for 7.8 million inhabitants facing starvation due to drought. Social Welfare Minister July Moyo said at the…

HARARE, May 25, 2002 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The government of Zimbabwe would provide 20.7 billion Zimbabwean dollars (about 376 million U.S. dollars) for food relief to 7.8 million people afflicted by the drought, the Herald newspaper reported on…

HARARE, May 23, 2002 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- AT least 75,000 tons of maize imported from Kenya, China and Brazil arrived at Beira Port in Mozambique and began rolling into the country, according to the Herald reported on Thursday. In…

Summary Area planted to all crops during the 2001/02 cropping season is now projected at 2.4 million hectares, the same amount as last year. The large-scale commercial sector area planted to all crops decreased by 74 percent compared with 2000/01…

Guidelines General The proposals should be targeted, reflecting the variability of food insecurity in Zimbabwe. Targeting could be geographic or other vulnerable target groups could also be considered such as food insecure and poor urban population and commercial farm workers now…