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Zimbabwe:
Hunger Looms As Zimbabwe Faces Highest Levels of Food Insecurity in Years
WFP, 3 September 2013
Hunger is on the rise in Zimbabwe with an estimated 2.2 million people - one in four of the rural population - expected to need food assistance during the pre-harvest period early… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Food Crisis Looms As UN Warns of Widespread Hunger
SW Radio, 3 September 2013
Days after endorsing Zimbabwe as the tourism leader for Africa, the United Nations (UN) has warned that the country is facing a serious food crisis, with more than two million… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Hunger Looms in Rural Zimbabwe
WFP, 3 September 2013
Hunger is on the rise in Zimbabwe with a quarter of the rural population expected to need food assistance in early 2014. WFP is working with the government on a response that will… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Two Million Need Food Aid
UN News, 3 September 2013
An estimated 2.2 million people are expected to need food assistance by early next year before the harvest period in March, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
The Nation's Avoidable Food Crisis
Fahamu, 7 August 2013
The country's latest crisis is not a natural disaster, but may be the result of corruption and incompetence Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Smallholders Feed a Nation As Land Reform Fails
IPS, 23 July 2013
Moses Chiengerere is one of the Zimbabwe's hundreds of thousands of smallholder maize farmers keeping this southern African nation's granaries stocked with the grain. Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Let's Plan for Drought
The Herald, 22 July 2013
THE violent changes in Zimbabwe's climate systems mean that the country should plan for a drought each year. Read more »
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Africa:
WFP Executive Director On 10-Day Visit to See Hunger Challenges and Solutions in Africa
WFP, 12 July 2013
The UN World Food Programme's Executive Director Ertharin Cousin is scheduled to depart tomorrow on a 10-day visit to four African countries. Her trip to Zimbabwe, South Africa,… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Irrigation Schemes - Panacea to Hunger in Manicaland
Zimbabwe Standard, 16 June 2013
Revival of collapsed irrigation schemes is the only panacea to addressing the food shortage crisis bedevilling several parts of Manicaland province, a government official said last… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Zim Children Facing Increasing Levels of Malnutrition and Stunting
SW Radio, 11 June 2013
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that Zimbabwe's children, a third of whom have already been left stunted as a result of malnutrition, are still at serious and… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Zimbabwe Launches Overdue Plan to Assist Drought-Hit Farmers
AlertNet, 5 June 2013
Ticky Mletshwa, a 46-year-old small-scale farmer, has always done the same thing in his plot deep in the dry rural areas of Lupane, about 175 kilometres north of Bulawayo,… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
VP Mujuru Launches Food Security Policy
The Herald, 17 May 2013
GOVERNMENT has launched a food and nutrition security policy to address challenges brought by recurrent droughts experienced in the country. Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
President to Launch Food Security Plan
The Herald, 16 May 2013
President Mugabe is today expected to launch a food and nutrition security policy and implementation plan, yet another gesture exhibiting his commitment to ensure no one starves as… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Hunger Erodes All Hope for the Future
Zimbabwe Standard, 12 May 2013
Hunger remains rampant within our nation. However, the build-up to Zimbabwe's watershed elections has consumed local and foreign press. Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Govt Starts Maize Distribution in Hunger-Stricken Provinces
The Herald, 12 June 2013
GOVERNMENT has started distributing maize to hunger stricken provinces across the country following the arrival recently of part of the 150 000 tonnes of maize imported from… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Food and Nutrition Policy Welcome
The Herald, 18 May 2013
The launch of the Food and Nutrition Security Policy by President Mugabe on Thursday is a move in the right direction for the nation. Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Hunger Looms Large As Zim's Grain Reserves Continue to Fall
SW Radio, 25 April 2013
Zimbabwe is on the verge of a severe shortage of grain, reports by two international development bodies have revealed. Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Masvingo Appealing for Food Aid
The Herald, 22 April 2013
Chiefs and village heads in Masvingo have made a plea to Government to urgently find ways of providing food relief to thousands of villagers who are on the verge of starvation… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Hunger Grips Zim
Financial Gazette, 3 April 2013
ANOTHER devastating drought is looming in most parts of the country with the current agricultural season being deemed the worst in the past three seasons as nearly two million… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Hunger Stalks Rural Communities
Zimbabwe Independent, 8 March 2013
WHILE cabinet ministers demand upmarket residential stands, top-of-the-range vehicles and hefty financial exit packages towards the end of the inclusive government, villagers still… Read more »
