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Namibia

GIEWS Country Brief: Namibia 15-April-2013

Attachments

FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT

  • Prolonged dry period severely impacts crop development in 2012/13 cropping season

  • Cereal production for 2013 estimated to drop by 42 percent compared to 2012s good output

  • Livestock condition worsens as a result of poor pasture in some areas

  • Food security situation tightening, as households exhaust supplies from own production