Mozambique
Rainfall situation There are no indices of drought or floods. The rainfall situation is normal in the country for this season. The final report of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADER) on the 2003/2004 cropping…
Mozambique
Highlights The national food balance sheet, prepared by the National Directorate of Commerce (DNC), indicates that the final stock level is adequate to meet national consumption requirements through the marketing year (April 2004 to March 2005), although imports (commercial and food…
Mozambique
Food-for-Work activities in Tete, Mozambique, reached 130,000 people in May. However, World Vision relief staff say that the situation in the area is yet to improve. "While this is certainly good news in as far as the number of people…
Mozambique
Mission Highlights Despite late and erratic rains early in the season, regular precipitation from January through May, enabled replanted cereal crops to reach maturity and, in the southern provinces, encouraged extended plantings of maize. Cereal production for 2004 is estimated at 2…
Mozambique
Highlights Information from the field indicates that food insecurity is less prevalent than during the past two years, mainly due to favorable rainfall in the second half of the season and ongoing interventions carried out by the…
Mozambique
MAPUTO - The United Nations, the Government of Mozambique, and non-government organizations must strengthen efforts to tackle the country's spiraling HIV/AIDS rate before the virus exacts an irreversible toll, warned James T. Morris, the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Humanitarian…
Mozambique
Highlights Although quantitative results have not been released yet, qualitative findings from the Vulnerability Assessment Committee and Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission suggest an optimistic picture of the 2003/04 agricultural season. Compared to the previous three…
Mozambique
Rainfall situation FEWSNET reports that in Mozambique the rainy season has been erratic and late. Figure 1 shows rainfall in the six most drought-affected provinces. The season started well in October, but was followed by a dry…
Mozambique
Highlights Early April was characterized by heavy rains in the coastal Nampula and Cabo Delgado Provinces; localized flooding occurred in coastal Cabo Delgado Province. While cumulative rainfall from January to mid-April has been above normal in Maputo and much of interior…
Mozambique
Appeal Target: US$ 595,030Balance Requested from ACT Alliance: US$ 2,295,783 Geneva, 7 April 2004 Dear Colleagues, For the last three agricultural seasons most of the southern African countries have been experiencing drought of varying proportions with the worst drought…
