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Southern Africa: Zimbabwe Among Hungriest Nations in the World - WFP
Zimbabwe Independent, 10 January 2020
The World Food Programme (WFP) says Zimbabwe's hunger is now rated among the worst humanitarian crises in the world and is competing for resources with hardest hit countries… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: 'Zimbabwe Should Brace for Long, Painful Road to Recovery'
Zimbabwe Independent, 10 January 2020
The United Nations, World Bank Group and the African Development Bank (AfDB) say Zimbabwe should brace for a long, arduous road to full recovery, with studies indicating that the… Read more »
Zimbabwe Hunger Woes to Persist Beyond 2021 - Report
A report by Famine Early Warning Systems Network indicates that locals may require continued humanitarian assistance throughout 2020 due to its very poor macroeconomic conditions, with agricultural activities expected to be below average due to prohibitive crop input prices.
Women from Zimbabwe’s Lupane District invest the profits of their craft sales in ‘keyhole’ gardens to ensure food security.
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Zimbabwe: UN Warns Food Aid to Zimbabwe to Run Out By February
New Zimbabwe, 1 January 2020
The United Nations has warned food aid to Zimbabwe could run out by end of February this year if the international community does not come up with adequate funding to avert the… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe a Global Hunger Hotspot in 2020 - WFP
New Zimbabwe, 1 January 2020
Zimbabwe has been identified by the World Food Programme (WFP) as among three countries in Sub-Saharan Africa that will dominate global hunger hotspots in the first half of 2020. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: WFP Red Flag As Zim Food Relief Stocks Face Depletion By Next Month
New Zimbabwe, 1 January 2020
Millions of Zimbabweans pushed into hunger by prolonged drought and economic crisis face an increasingly desperate situation unless adequate funding for a major relief operation… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Hunger Woes to Persist Beyond 2021 - Report
New Zimbabwe, 29 December 2019
ZIMBABWEANS shall need more time to free themselves from the current hunger catastrophe with a report by Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) indicating locals may… Read more »
Documents
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30 December 2019
Zimbabwe Food Security Outlook
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Poor harvests and increasing economic hardships lead to high humanitarian assistance needs in Zimbabwe. see more »
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Zimbabwe: Timely Interventions for Food Security Key
The Herald, 22 November 2019
A stitch in time not only saves nine; it can save lives and resources. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: How Economic Chaos Is Causing the Food Security and Humanitarian Crisis
The Conversation Africa, 10 October 2019
Since Zimbabwe's land reform of 2000 - when around 8 million hectares of formerly large-scale commercial farmland was distributed to about 175,000 households - debates about the… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Between Land Ownership and Food Security
DW, 4 June 2019
A land dispute in Zimbabwe has highlighted a major hurdle in the country's new agricultural policies. There is a need for better food security and an economic upturn, but also for… Read more »
InFocus
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Sub-Saharan Africa's farming sector has grown faster than anywhere else in the world with a 4.6 percent agriculture GDP growth rate from 2000 to 2018. But about 20 percent of ... Read more »
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The price of bread has nearly doubled, another burden for citizens already struggling with a weakening currency and rising prices for basic goods. Earlier, the government increased ... Read more »
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Zimbabweans will pay 10% extra for a loaf of bread according to top food processor Innscor Africa Limited. This comes after the Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe warned that ... Read more »
