Source: World Food Programme
Country: Zimbabwe
Key points:
- Almost all households in northern Midlands are resorting to negative food- related coping strategies.
- Households led by women are engaging in more negative coping than those led by men, indicating higher levels of stress.
- Over three quarters of respondent households are reducing the number of meals they eat in a day.
- Small grains are unavailable in most markets in Mwenezi district.
Situation Update
The cereal harvest for the 2016-17 consumption year was concluded in June and total cereal production is estimated at 636,000 mt. This is 27 percent less than the drought‐reduced 2015 harvest and approximately half of the five‐year average production (FAO GIEWS). Although the national average maize grain price for August 2016 was 17 percent above the five-year average, prices have stabilized as humanitarian assistance coverage has increased (FEWS NET).
Food insecurity in the 2016-17 consumption year is 40 percent higher than for the 2015-16 consumption year, with some districts surpassing the international emergency thresholds for malnutrition.