GIEWS Special Alert – Zimbabwe
Food insecurity conditions aggravated by rapid and significant price increases
15/02/2019
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, Zimbabwe, , , ,
Highlights:
- Triggered by fiscal challenges, food prices have risen significantly since late 2018, with negative impacts on access to food.
- Lower production prospects for the 2019 cereal crop and constrained import capacity also raise concerns about domestic supplies in 2019/20.
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