Assessments

An inter-agency rapid evaluation team went to Rutana Commune on 3 April 2001. The mission was comprised of CRS, IMC (Focal Point for Rutana) and OCHA. Given the tenuous security situation, tight travel limitations and state of the roads, the…

March 21- 31, 2001 Regional Early Warning Unit, Harare, Zimbabwe Summary Heavy rainfall mainly confined to eastern and western Angola, most of Democratic Republic of Congo, western, northern and eastern Zambia and northern Malawi and Mozambique... In the southern half…

INTRODUCTION This is the first of three annual issues of this report prepared by the FAO Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS) on the food supply situation and cereal import and food aid requirements for all countries in sub-Saharan…

Gender, Biodiversity and Local Knowledge Systems (LinKS) to strengthen agricultural and rural development (GCP/RAF/338/NOR) Prepared by Trygve Berg, Noragric Fernando Dava, ARPAC Judite Muchanga, DNDR Summary of findings from visits to affected villages and suggestions for action research 2-10 December 2000 The LinKS Project This research was…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Refugee Programme In all sectors, progress has been made that has improved the lives of refugees. However, finding a durable solution for the 13,000 refugees in Angola remains an over-riding concern. Two possible solutions for the caseload are: 1)…

Joint report, UN Agencies The current nutrition crisis results from the conjunction of crises - food insecurity and malnutrition, disease epidemics and a socio-economic crisis. In response to this multidimensional problem, the United Nations has developed a coordinated, multi-sectoral approach to…

Widespread above-average rains in February and early March resulted in flooding in several parts. Severe damage to transport infrastructure, housing and crops is reported. Worst affected are the north eastern Mashonaland Central province, in particular Muzarabani in the Centernary District,…

After a succession of reduced crops, the output of the recently harvested 2001 A season crops is estimated to be satisfactory. A recent locallyorganized FAO/WFP/UNICEF Assessment Mission estimated food production at 85 000 tonnes of cereals, 68 000 tonnes…

The food situation continues to be tight for nearly 1.8 million people affected by the war with Ethiopia and last year's drought. The 2000 cereal crop was sharply reduced due to the displacement of hundreds of thousands of farmers…

Preliminary indications are that food output of the recently harvested 2001 A season crop is at around or slightly lower than the good level of last year. Despite a delay to the start of the rainy season, precipitation was…