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Zimbabwe's food crisis. (Commentary).

Environment | January 1, 2003 | Copyright

An emergency food assessment report issued on 16 September 2002 by the Zimbabwe National Vulnerability Assessment Committee and the Southern African Development Community stated that 6.7 million people in Zimbabwe--about half of the country's population--will require about 486,000 metric tons of emergency cereal food assistance before the main harvest in March-April 2003. (1) Poor food production has plagued Zimbabwe and much of southern Africa since early 2001, when flooding during the latter part of the growing season (January through March) reduced agricultural yields. Too much…

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