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Number
of food insecure people doubles from 2006 - Food Security Update
Aug 2007
Famine Early Warning System
Network (FEWSNET)
August 13, 2007
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/SJHG-7634F7?OpenDocument&rc=1&cc=zwe
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This report
covers the period from 7/1/2007 to 8/13/2007
- Recently concluded
National Vulnerability Assessments found that the food insecure
population in the region has doubled from about 3.1 million last
year to 6.1 million this year.
- Food insecurity is most severe in Lesotho, Swaziland and Zimbabwe,
where significant production deficits occurred as a result of the
severe drought. FAO and WFP assessments conducted in May and June
point to the existence of widespread food access problems with 401,200
in Lesotho, 407,000 in Swaziland, and up to 4.1 million in Zimbabwe
expected to face food shortages from July until March 2008.
- In Malawi,
Tanzania, Zambia, Angola, and northern Mozambique the food security
situation is projected as satisfactory with above average harvests
following a good crop-growing season. Staple food prices remain
lower than at the same time last year and the past five-year average
in these countries.
- Excessive
rains in Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, Angola, and northern Mozambique
caused flooding, loss of crops, and disruption of livelihoods placing
many at risk of food insecurity. Assessment results also suggest
the existence of localized cases of chronic food insecurity in these
countries.
- Although Malawi,
Zambia and Tanzania have realized surpluses in staple food production,
intra-regional trade may not be vibrant enough to meet the needs
of grain deficit neighboring countries. Limited market and transport
infrastructure is not likely to be able to handle the large volumes
of intra-regional trade needed to fill gaps in deficit countries.
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