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FAO/WFP crop and food security assessment mission to Zimbabwe [1]

High food insecurity persists in Zimbabwe in spite of improvements in agricultural production and a more liberal import policy this year, according to a report issued by FAO and the World Food Programme (WFP). Good rainfall meant 2009 production of the staple crop, maize, is estimated to have more than doubled - to 1.14 million metric tonnes - an increase of 130 percent on the record low harvest of 2008, the report said. But the report also includes forecast production of winter-season wheat of only about 12,000 tonnes, the lowest ever, reflecting the high cost of fertilizers and quality seeds, farmers

Publication Date: 
01/06/2009
& et al [2], Kisan Gunjal [3], Swithun Goodbody [4], Jan Delbaere [5]
FAO [6]
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Agriculture [7], Food Crops [8], Food Prices [9], Food Supply [10], Nutrition [11], Economy [12], Zimbabwe [13], Food Security [14]

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