Assessments

Mission Highlights Total cereal production in Mozambique for 2002/03 is estimated at over 1.8 million tonnes, some 2.5 percent above last year's level. However, in southern and some of central provinces prolonged dry spells and high temperatures caused almost total failure…

Highlights Food insecurity is increasing in Chicualacuala and other parts of Gaza, where people are surviving mainly on wild foods. The livestock ban, issued because of foot and mouth disease, is further undermining food security by reducing household income normally…

Highlights Insufficient and erratic rains over the last three months have resulted in extremely poor harvest prospects throughout southern Mozambique, and in parts of the central region, according to field assessments and detailed analyses of satellite data. First season maize production,…