One of Rwanda's main dilemmas is the belief that the country is no longer in need of humanitarian aid when "many people" still suffer from food insecurity caused by drought or, paradoxically, heavy rains in March and April, OCHA reported on 30 September.
In its most recent review of the affected population in the Great Lakes area, OCHA reported that heavy rains had destroyed large swathes of crops. As a result, WFP predicted that food shortages would worsen in Gikongoro province. The worst rain-affected districts were Nshili, Kivu, Rukondo and Musebeya where over 2,000 ha of potatoes, peas, beans and maize were damaged. In other districts of the province - Kinyamakara, Karama, Karambo and Nyamagabe - "chronic food insecurity, as a result of poor soils, has exacerbated food insecurity", OCHA reported. WFP plans a three-month emergency food distribution of 13,000 mt to 267,000 drought affected-people in the south, OCHA reported.
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