The Global Overview collates information from a range of sources and displays it in a manner that allows for quick comparison of different humanitarian crises.

A new Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) Technical Centre for Southern Africa, called DIMSUR was launched early this month in Maputo attended by high level government officials from Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique and the Union of Comoros.

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Even as the flood season draws to a close, poor distribution of rainfall in most countries may result in below average rainfall-related crop performance this season.

Maize, rice, and beans are the most important food commodities. Maize is the staple food for the poor, with rice most often used as a substitute. Beans are important to all wealth groups. Each of the markets represented here act as indicators for the broader region. Tete is representative for the province by the same name, Nampula is the main market in the north and is representative for the region, and has linkages with the interior of Zambezia and Nampula provinces and coastal Nampula.

The first project to include funds from IFAD’s new Adaptation for Smallholder Programme (ASAP) was officially launched on 17 April 2013 in XaiXai, Gaza Province of Mozambique. The Pro-poor Value Chain Development Project in the Maputo and Limpopo Corridors of Mozambique (PROSUL) will reach 19,550 smallholder farmers in the southern provinces of Gaza, Inhambane and Maputo, and work to improve yields, quality and sustainability of production in the irrigated horticulture, cassava and red meat value chains.

ASAP will provide USD 4.91 million to establish:

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• Madagascar:

The first round of presidential election is currently scheduled to be held on 24 July 2013. No decision yet on whether it will be postponed or not.

• Namibia:

On 17 May 2013 the President declared a national drought emergency and called for assistance from international community. An estimated 330,925 people have now been classified as food insecure - 14 percent of Namibia's 2,324 million people (total population)

Maize, rice, and beans are the most important food commodities. Maize is the staple food for the poor, with rice most often used as a substitute. Beans are important to all wealth groups. Each of the markets represented here act as indicators for the broader region. Tete is representative for the province by the same name, Nampula is the main market in the north and is representative for the region, and has linkages with the interior of Zambezia and Nampula provinces and coastal Nampula.