Zimbabwe's food crisis: 'Food security is national security' According to recent data, about 5.5 million people, 38 percent of the rural population, currently faces food insecurity.
"The report paints a desperately gloomy picture of the humanitarian situation in the country. "I witnessed the consequences of the disastrous economic crisis on the streets of Harare, with people spending long hours queuing for fuel, as well in front of banks to get cash, and in shops to obtain cooking gas or water. "This kind of struggle for subsistence affects their physical wellbeing and self-respect. On your computer, tablet smart phone or on our App its quick, easy and free access all the news you love.NewZimbabwe.com is updated continually with the latest news to help you feed your addiction with stories & photos from Zimbabwe and many more! The peasant community, which produces 70 percent of staple foods (maize, millet and groundnuts), is particularly vulnerable.It has access to less than 5 percent of irrigation facilities, and is struggling to access productive resources due to cash shortages, She added widespread poverty, limited employment opportunities, liquidity challenges, pervasive corruption, economic instability, mismanagement of funds, natural disasters, recurrent droughts, and economic sanctions and conditionalities by the US and the EU all contributed to Zimbabwe's current crisis. “Many areas of the region are likely to face a second consecutive poor rainfall season and harvest,” the organisation warned.That’s particularly bad for Zimbabwe where the “poor macro-economy is negatively affecting planting and germination rates,” it said. Our Forums are vibrant and gives everyone a chance to be heard. So far, they’ve received as little as 55% of normal rainfall, with the luckiest receiving 85%.NewZimbabwe.com – The Zimbabwe News You Trust is Zimbabwe’s leading online newspaper and published by New Zimbabwe Media Ltd.The platform brings you the latest breaking News, Business, Showbiz, Sports, Diaspora and gives you everything you’ve come to expect and love.
"As economic inequalities are on the rise, the once thriving middle-class of Zimbabwe is severely impacted by the crisis. "She said early warning mechanisms to monitor the economic and social rights of the citizens should be put in place to prevent further suffering.Elver said the food security situation in urban areas was a cause for concern, saying the currency crisis, a heavy tax system, unpredictable inflation rates, high levels of unemployment and low wages had worsened the food crisis affecting urban households.Zimbabwe adopted the use of the US dollar in 2009 after hyperinflation drastically reduced the value of the local currency.But "dollarising" the economy hit a major bump in 2015 when greenbacks started vanishing from the formal banking system.In a bid to end the US dollar shortage, Zimbabwe's central bank introduced bond notes - a form of surrogate currency - that was backed by a $200m bond facility from the Africa Export-Import Bank. "I urgently call on the government and the international community to come together to put an end to this spiralling crisis before it morphs into a full-blown social unrest. "Finally, let me echo the words of a government official I met in Harare: 'food security is national security'. Zimbabwe is facing its worst hunger crisis in a decade with half of the population – 7.7 million people – food insecure, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday. At best, some schools are able to offer one meal a week per classroom. The country, once the region’s breadbasket and rich in fertile crops, is currently plagued by widespread drought and flooding. But black market speculation quickly eroded the bond note's value, triggering a shortage that the central bank tried to offset by creating electronic notes.Then this past February, bond notes - both physical and electronic - were merged into the Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) dollar, also known as the Zimdollar.In June, the government moved to defend the Zimdollar against speculators by banning all foreign currencies in local transactions.
by Chris Muronzi
"ZimVAC), urban food insecurity is now affecting 2.2 million people.She also raised concern that some of the country's citizens were living under what she described as inhumane conditions.Scores of people who escaped from poor rural areas and moved to the cities in search of job opportunities to improve their access to sufficient and adequate food and other public services had ended up living in informal settlements that are multiplying in the suburbs of Harare, the report said.Among other things, spreadable diseases are seen increasing because of "I visited one of the settlements located south of Harare.
Never has this been truer than in today's Zimbabwe. "Many of the people I spoke to in Harare, told me that they could only afford one meal a day," she said.
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