Drought and economic maladies combine to create a food crisis, says early-warning network
Stunted cobs in a dry maize field in the Mutoko rural area of Zimbabwe. Picture: AFP/JEKESAI NJIKIZANA
Phase 3 is just two steps down from full-blown famine, the USAID-funded Fewsnet said in an e-mailed statement on Friday. It’s the second drought in as many years. “Many areas of the region are likely to face a second consecutive poor rainfall season and harvest,” the organisation warned. Millions of rural Zimbabweans are too poor to plant and farm maize, the country’s staple food. Zimbabwe faces an economic crisis where shortages of cash, fuel and electricity cripple people’s access to basic food.
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