Key Messages Just two to three months after the harvest, at least one in five households in the typical deficit-producing areas in the south, east, west, and extreme north, as well as some typical...
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Key Messages • Maize supplies in Southern Africa are expected to be slightly above average during the 2023/24 marketing year (MY). While regional opening stocks for MY 2023/24 are below-average,...
How money from the World Food Programme economically empowers people in tough circumstances "I'm the parent here, I'm responsible for everything," says Egnetta, a woman in her sixties who heads a...
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Key Messages • At the conclusion of Marketing Year (MY) 2022/231 maize supplies in Southern Africa were close to the five-year average, but 10 percent lower than MY 2021/22 (Figure 1). However,...
STORY HIGHLIGHTS The pilot project reduced the school dropout rate for adolescent girls after the COVID-19 pandemic, through complementary social protection and WASH interventions. Menstrual hygiene...
Key Messages: Crisis (IPC Phase 3) outcomes are expected to intensify through the peak lean season in early 2023 in typical deficit-producing areas in the south, east, west, and far north as market...
By Vivian Mugarisi Bulawayo, Zimbabwe – Zimbabwe’s National Health Strategy 2021-2025 aims at improving the health and wellbeing of the population and eventually ensuring universal health coverage...
25 November 2021, Harare – the Government of Zimbabwe, the European Union, and the United Nations together with local authorities in the Epworth district launched a Safe Market and One Stop Centre as...
Harare – The European Union has contributed EUR 3 million to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Zimbabwe. Funding will be used to support highly vulnerable people living in urban...
ZIMBABWE NATIONAL MARKET ASSESSMENT: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Background Zimbabwe is experiencing its worst protracted humanitarian crisis in over a decade, owing to persistent climatic and economic shocks...
Highlights The month of March saw easing of lockdown restrictions which resulted in opening of businesses and resumption of intercity and interprovincial travel. This is expected to increase...
HIGHLIGHTS In February, COVID-19 restrictive measures continued to negatively affect urban livelihoods. Incomes derived from the informal sector further decreased due to restrictions that continued...
HIGHLIGHTS The newly reinstated COVID-19 lockdown measures have halted informal livelihood activities for vulnerable groups in urban areas significantly impacting incomes. The situation was...
HIGHLIGHTS Household access to basic goods and services continues to be constrained due to limited incomes. A more stable macroeconomic environment is likely to create the conditions needed to...
HIGHLIGHTS While foreign exchange rates and inflation have stabilized resulting in more stable food prices, the cost of living (month-on-month) continues to increase and further constrain people's...
Generally, market prices for the monitored food commodities, but maize grain, remained relatively stable compared to the situation 3 weeks ago. There were slight changes on maize meal and sugar beans...
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GLOBAL MARKET INFORMATION The FAO Food Price Index averaged 97.9 points in September 2020, up 2 percent from August and now 5 percent higher than its value a year ago. The September value, the...
Those deemed most food insecure have been receiving monthly cash transfers from WFP since June. This year was the first time WFP provided assistance to an urban area in Zimbabwe.
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The Regional Supply and Market Outlook report provides a summary of regional staple food availability, surpluses and deficits during the current marketing year, projected price behavior, implications...
Background and Methodology This report presents information on market dynamics, price fluctuations and commodity availability in view of ongoing economic and domestic production challenges during the...
