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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…

Albertina Naftal (9) lives with her parents, two brothers and two sisters in a hut made of sticks and grass in the village of Muchenga, in Changara, west of Mozambique. This district is one of the poorest…

MAPUTO – Thanks to a contribution of €3.7 million (US$ 4.7 million) from the Belgian Fund for Food Security and Nutrition (BFFS), the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is able to continue its food security…

Minimal food insecurity will prevail in the coming months KEY MESSAGES • Across the country current food security conditions remained relatively stable for the majority of households and have improved in some instances thanks to widespread food availability…

OVERVIEW On average, prices are decreasing since February 2013. From April to May of 2013, price decreases at the rate of 4.7 %. (-4.6 % of decrease was observed from March to April of 2013)

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…

HIGHLIGHTS An estimated 518,000 people across southern Africa were affected by floods and storms during the 2012/2013 rainfall season. The most affected country was Mozambique, where 250,000 people received humanitarian assistance. Due in part to the sub-optimal temporal distribution…

Submitted by Aliza Marcus Preschool programs are a great way to give kids the educational building blocks to help them learn and prepare for primary school. But is that enough? In Mozambique, a World Bank-funded evaluation of a…

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…

Good prospects for second season production in flood affected areas KEY MESSAGES At the national-level, the food insecurity outcomes expected through September remain Minimal (IPC Phase 1). However, Stressed (IPC Phase 2) food insecurity outcomes, in the presence…