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Situation Update
The 2024/25 cropping season has been characterised by mixed conditions with the southern parts of the country receiving above normal rainfall while the north mainly received below normal rainfall. Crop condition is mainly at vegetative to reproductive stage and reported to be in good condition in the southern parts of the country and fair in the north. Chances of having localised pockets of food insecurity are high countrywide. Livestock condition has been reported to have significantly improved with the increased access to drinking water and grazing pasture. The government and partners are still responding to the impacts of the 2023/24 El Nino drought while awaiting for the arrival of the harvest as from April 2025.
With the growing uncertainties surrounding the quality of the rainfall season especially in the north, which are the main crop producing areas in the country, the World Bank Zimbabwe Economic Update (ZEU) of January 2025 emphasised the need for immediate efforts focusing on strengthening the early warning system and improving the social protection framework to better respond to emerging risks and vulnerabilities.