Southern Africa - Food Insecurity
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Regional Team: SWAN
Disaster Declared: Multiple
Brief Description: A number of countries in Southern Africa are experiencing heightened food insecurity due to chronic poverty, the impact of HIV/AIDS, a feeble economic environment, and weak government capacity. During the 2004/2005 agricultural season, poor and erratic rainfall across the central part of Southern Africa resulted in reduced crop harvests throughout the region and exacerbated these vulnerabilities. The countries that most warrant concern are Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia. Lesotho and Swaziland also have populations at risk. More than 12 million people, mainly in Malawi and Zimbabwe, are currently unable to meet their complete food requirements.
FY2006
2-03-2006 Southern Africa Situation Report #1(88kb PDF)(map)
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