More Than One-Third of Zimbabweans Face Food Shortages

Publisher:
UN Food and Agriculture Organization and the UN World Food Programme
Publication Date:
5 June 2007
Tags:
Zimbabwe, Food and Agriculture, Environment

A poor harvest coupled with a worsening economic crisis will leave more than 4 million people in Zimbabwe in need of food assistance by early next year, according to a report issued today by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the UN World Food Programme (WFP).

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