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WFP Emergency Report No. 13 of 2006
World Food Programme (WFP)
March 31, 2006

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Zimbabwe
(a) In Mashonaland Central Province, farmers have started harvesting maize, which hasled to decreased market prices. However, Masvingo Province is still experiencing maize grain price hikes, with a 43 percent increase in Chiredzi District over the past three

(b) Monitoring reports continued to indicate inadequate stocks coming from the Grain Marketing Board (GMB), and that food aid is the main source of cereals, with households having depleted their stocks from last season's harvest. In Lupane District, the District Administrator reports the GMB was able to supply 90 tons of grain, meeting only 25 percent of the district's weekly food requirement. According to community representatives, food shortages have resulted in most people harvesting immature crops and eating wild food.

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