Seventy-eight per cent of people in rural and urban areas have experienced food shortages in the last five months, according to a new report by the advocacy organisation Twaweza. Eighty-four per cent of rural residents reported being affected, while the figure for urban areas is 64 per cent. More than two thirds of households (69 per cent) feared running out of food, 51 per cent did not have enough food to feed all household members, while 50 per cent reported having at least one member who skipped a meal because food was not available. Releasing the report titled Hunger Pangs: Food (in) Security in Tanzania, Twaweza Executive Director Aidan Eyakuze said the study involved 1,800 respondents across Mainland Tanzania between September 14 and 26, last year, with 1,610 others reached between February 9 and 15, this year. The findings are based on data from Sauti za Wananchi, a nationally representative mobile phone survey. The findings are based on data collected from Mainland Tanzania only.