Zimbabwe
Summary Cereal availability at the national level will be less of a problem in the 2004/05 marketing year, compared to last year, given the following: expected improved maize and small grains harvest from the 2003/04 agricultural season;…
Zimbabwe
[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] HARARE, 31 May (IRIN) - A number of small, medium and large commercial farms given to black farmers under Zimbabwe's fast-track land redistribution programme are lying fallow. Visits by…
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Executive Summary Purpose of Community and Household Surveillance (CHS) data CHS data is collected quarterly by WFP and C-SAFE through a joint data collection exercise. In Zimbabwe, 39 sentinel sites have been established in 34 districts spanning 9 Food economy Zones. Data…
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Summary Zimbabwe Country Context Zimbabwe has a population of 11.6 million people (CSO August 2002) with the bulk of the population living in the rural areas of the country. The country's economy has faced a lot of challenges in the…
Zimbabwe
By Eva Berglund, Church of Sweden Aid/ACT International Zimbabwe, May 27, 2004--April and May are harvest months in Zimbabwe, but again this year, many small farmers will not reap enough to meet their long-term food needs. Humanitarian aid organizations working in…
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Access to Food the Biggest Food Security Challenge in 2004/05 Consumption Year Zimbabwe continues to face a severe food security crisis characterized by high levels of unemployment and inflation, poor agricultural production over the last four years,…
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Crop Production Figures Essential For Planning The United Nations Humanitarian Co-ordinator has underscored the need for well-researched crop production figures for proper planning of programmes. In normal circumstances a joint FAO/WFP and Government of Zimbabwe Crop and…
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By Kristy Allen-Shirley During a time when Zimbabwe's urban population has seen its purchasing power slashed by soaring inflation and widespread unemployment, with limited access to food, a unique market intervention has worked to rebuild the flailing commercial sector and…
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AI Index: AFR 46/014/2004 (Public) Amnesty International today expressed grave concern at the Zimbabwe government's moves to end international food aid distribution, despite independent assessments which predict that millions of Zimbabweans will need food aid in the coming 12 months. "If…
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By withdrawing its staff from a United Nations food production assessment mission last week, the Government of Zimbabwe has effectively cancelled the mission and UN aid agencies may not be able to rebuild their operations quickly in case of…
