Special Alert No. 343
Southern Africa
27/02/2018
Keywords: Anticipatory action, Climate, Crops, Early Warning, Emergency response, Food chain threats, Land, Livestock, Natural hazards, Preparedness, Protracted crises and conflicts, Resilience concept, Southern Africa, , , ,
Erratic rains and an intense dry period in January lowers 2018 cereal production prospects in Southern Africa.
Highlights:
- Erratic precipitation and well below-average rains in January have lowered Southern Africa’s overall 2018 cereal production prospects.
- Current national maize stocks are forecast at above-average levels due to the record outputs in 2017; this should partly cushion the expected production declines in 2018.
- Reduced harvests are still foreseen to intensify food insecurity in 2018, increasing the number of people in need of assistance; however, humanitarian needs expected to remain below the levels of 2016.
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