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FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT
- Forecasts point to overall favourable rains for the 2014/15 cropping season (October-June)
- Record maize crop harvested in 2014, significantly improving supplies in the 2014/15 marketing year (May/April)
- Maize prices rise marginally in August, following strong declines in previous month
- Overall, food security conditions stable, however, approximately 350 000 people require food assistance as a result of reduced food production