Reports

A Normal start of the 2013/14 rainy season KEY MESSAGES • Food security outcomes are Minimal (IPC Phase 1) for the majority of the rural households across the country, and food security conditions are expected to remain favorable through March 2014.…

Maize, rice, and beans are the most important food commodities. Maize is the staple food for the poor, with rice most often used as a substitute. Beans are important to all wealth groups. Each of the…

FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT • Planting in southern regions for the 2013/14 cropping season began in October • Cereal production in 2013 increased by about 2 percent over the previous year’s level • Maize prices rise more steeply in central…

HIGHLIGHTS • Food prices increased on average by 2.3% from August to September; the Food Price Index show an increase in the North (6.2%) and to a lesser extent in the Centre (1.5%); • In the North price of…

KEY MESSAGES • As the lean season (October to March) sets in, the majority of rural households across the country are currently facing Minimal acute food insecurity outcomes (IPC Phase 1). The overall favorable food security conditions…

Maize, rice, and beans are the most important food commodities. Maize is the staple food for the poor, with rice most often used as a substitute. Beans are important to all wealth groups. Each of the…

Period covered by this update: 20 August 2013 to 14 October, 2013 Appeal Target (current): CHF 2,044,428 Appeal coverage: 75% Appeal history:  A Preliminary Emergency Appeal was launched on 1 February for CHF 662,337 in cash, kind, or services…

Maize, rice, and beans are the most important food commodities. Maize is the staple food for the poor, with rice most often used as a substitute. Beans are important to all wealth groups. Each of the markets represented here…

KEY MESSAGES • The food security situation for the majority of rural households across the country is stable. Minimal (IPC Phase 1) outcomes are expected from September until December throughout the country, including areasin the Limpopo Basin…

MAPUTO – Farm animals and low-tech equipment – including ox carts, animal-drawn ploughs and bicycles – are to be delivered to smallholder farmers in Manica and Tete Provinces by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP).…