The United Nations Office of the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has released a report saying hunger looms large in Zimbabwe and even though the were improved rains these past weeks, they were no guarantees that the 2020 harvest would improve, Newsday reports.
The report released by UNOCHA reads in part:
Rainfall improved in central parts of the region in February, benefitting crop conditions for some areas, but for many crops in southern Zimbabwe and southern Mozambique, the rains came too late to save the crop from permanent wilting,” the report read.
Replanting in Zimbabwe in mid-January has presented some limited chances of slightly improved harvests if the current rains extend until April. However, short term forecasts suggest low rainfall in the next few weeks.
Despite improvement in vegetation conditions after the January and February rainfall, seasonal accumulation of vegetation indices remains below average, with poor grazing conditions in a number of areas, including Namibia and southern Zimbabwe
7.7 million are in need of food aid in Zimbabwe right now according to the WFP.
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