Mozambique

Problems Worsen in Mozambique
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs 2002
Johannesburg, Mar 25, 2002

Mozambique, struggling to cope with the devastating effects of flooding during the 2000 and 2001 rainy seasons, now faces a worsening food security crisis because of a dry spell. The World Food Program (WFP) and government's National Disaster Management Institute (INGC) told IRIN food security in the southern, central and western provinces of Gaza, Inhambane and Tete had worsened. ... Crop assessment missions carried out in May and September 2001 in all provinces, except Cabo Delgado, showed more than one-third of the country's total number of districts produced less food last year than normal. ... Giorgis said: "Last year's floods impacted on food production and this has been compounded by the shortage of rain this year. The rainy season ends officially at the end of this month and there has been no rain in the southern and central parts of the country. There has been some rain in northern parts. "