41.2 million people facing starvation in SADC

[MK254]

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has a food shortage with an overall decline in food production. Heads of State and government leaders from the bloc’s 16 member countries have called for a comprehensive multi-year response plan for the crisis.
The leaders said that a prolonged drought and floods, which hit Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe, have exacerbated the problem. In addition, poor harvesting and the effects of climate change have been a major reason for the disaster, they noted.
According to Domingos Gove, the SADC secretariat director for agriculture, food and natural resource, only Zambia and South Africa have adequate food supplies in their granaries.
“Our regional states have experienced poor rainfall, the lowest recorded in the past 15 years,” he said.
He added that the SADC Environmental Vulnerability Assessment Committee was monitoring the situation in the different bloc member states. “We are working with various national environmental vulnerability committees. It’s a continuous process.”
A report of food and nutrition in Southern Africa, which was released shortly before the 39th SADC Heads of State Summit last weekend, estimated that 41.2 million people in 13 SADC member states are food insecure this year. The most affected countries are Zimbabwe, Mozambique, eSwatini, Malawi and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

According to the World Food Programme, 2.5 million Zimbabweans are facing starvation, and five million, a third of the population, are in dire need of food aid. Two of Harare’s four reservoirs are empty due to drought.
The bloc’s food reserve is 38.5 million tonnes for the year 2019/2020 harvesting season, mostly from South Africa, Zambia and Tanzania. South Africa had 15.5 million tonnes of cereals, Tanzania had 8.7 million tonnes and Zambia had 5.2 million tonnes of grain.
The other member countries recorded less than five million tonnes each during the just ended harvest, the report noted.
Maize accounts for 80 per cent of the cereal production in southern Africa. Other important cereals are wheat, sorghum, millet and rice. Only seven per cent of cultivated land is irrigated.
Most farmers in southern Africa are smallholders whose farms are less than five hectares.

SADC members face food shortage

Prolonged drought and floods hit Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe in March.

www.theeastafrican.co.ke

 

[Kobello]

This is newsworthy! But famine isn't newsworthy when it comes to IGAD.

 

[Naby Keita]

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has a food shortage with an overall decline in food production. Heads of State and government leaders from the bloc’s 16 member countries have called for a comprehensive multi-year response plan for the crisis.
The leaders said that a prolonged drought and floods, which hit Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe, have exacerbated the problem. In addition, poor harvesting and the effects of climate change have been a major reason for the disaster, they noted.
According to Domingos Gove, the SADC secretariat director for agriculture, food and natural resource, only Zambia and South Africa have adequate food supplies in their granaries.
“Our regional states have experienced poor rainfall, the lowest recorded in the past 15 years,” he said.
He added that the SADC Environmental Vulnerability Assessment Committee was monitoring the situation in the different bloc member states. “We are working with various national environmental vulnerability committees. It’s a continuous process.”
A report of food and nutrition in Southern Africa, which was released shortly before the 39th SADC Heads of State Summit last weekend, estimated that 41.2 million people in 13 SADC member states are food insecure this year. The most affected countries are Zimbabwe, Mozambique, eSwatini, Malawi and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

According to the World Food Programme, 2.5 million Zimbabweans are facing starvation, and five million, a third of the population, are in dire need of food aid. Two of Harare’s four reservoirs are empty due to drought.
The bloc’s food reserve is 38.5 million tonnes for the year 2019/2020 harvesting season, mostly from South Africa, Zambia and Tanzania. South Africa had 15.5 million tonnes of cereals, Tanzania had 8.7 million tonnes and Zambia had 5.2 million tonnes of grain.
The other member countries recorded less than five million tonnes each during the just ended harvest, the report noted.
Maize accounts for 80 per cent of the cereal production in southern Africa. Other important cereals are wheat, sorghum, millet and rice. Only seven per cent of cultivated land is irrigated.
Most farmers in southern Africa are smallholders whose farms are less than five hectares.

SADC members face food shortage

Prolonged drought and floods hit Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe in March.

www.theeastafrican.co.ke

Nyinyi si mnajifanya mnashirikiana na makaburu kutupiga fitna hadi kwenye ndege sasa ndo mtaona githeri linatengenezwa na mahindi au mavi this is war eac vs sadc tuone mwisho wa picha nani kidume mwamuzi anatokea AU ethiopia kwa baba Raila

 

[Jeceel]

Sasa hicho kilondon nani ataelewa?

 

[Kichwa Kichafu]

Developing countries long run to go!

 

[Naby Keita]

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has a food shortage with an overall decline in food production. Heads of State and government leaders from the bloc’s 16 member countries have called for a comprehensive multi-year response plan for the crisis.
The leaders said that a prolonged drought and floods, which hit Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe, have exacerbated the problem. In addition, poor harvesting and the effects of climate change have been a major reason for the disaster, they noted.
According to Domingos Gove, the SADC secretariat director for agriculture, food and natural resource, only Zambia and South Africa have adequate food supplies in their granaries.
“Our regional states have experienced poor rainfall, the lowest recorded in the past 15 years,” he said.
He added that the SADC Environmental Vulnerability Assessment Committee was monitoring the situation in the different bloc member states. “We are working with various national environmental vulnerability committees. It’s a continuous process.”
A report of food and nutrition in Southern Africa, which was released shortly before the 39th SADC Heads of State Summit last weekend, estimated that 41.2 million people in 13 SADC member states are food insecure this year. The most affected countries are Zimbabwe, Mozambique, eSwatini, Malawi and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

According to the World Food Programme, 2.5 million Zimbabweans are facing starvation, and five million, a third of the population, are in dire need of food aid. Two of Harare’s four reservoirs are empty due to drought.
The bloc’s food reserve is 38.5 million tonnes for the year 2019/2020 harvesting season, mostly from South Africa, Zambia and Tanzania. South Africa had 15.5 million tonnes of cereals, Tanzania had 8.7 million tonnes and Zambia had 5.2 million tonnes of grain.
The other member countries recorded less than five million tonnes each during the just ended harvest, the report noted.
Maize accounts for 80 per cent of the cereal production in southern Africa. Other important cereals are wheat, sorghum, millet and rice. Only seven per cent of cultivated land is irrigated.
Most farmers in southern Africa are smallholders whose farms are less than five hectares.

SADC members face food shortage

Prolonged drought and floods hit Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe in March.

www.theeastafrican.co.ke

 

[Naby Keita]

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has a food shortage with an overall decline in food production. Heads of State and government leaders from the bloc’s 16 member countries have called for a comprehensive multi-year response plan for the crisis.
The leaders said that a prolonged drought and floods, which hit Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe, have exacerbated the problem. In addition, poor harvesting and the effects of climate change have been a major reason for the disaster, they noted.
According to Domingos Gove, the SADC secretariat director for agriculture, food and natural resource, only Zambia and South Africa have adequate food supplies in their granaries.
“Our regional states have experienced poor rainfall, the lowest recorded in the past 15 years,” he said.
He added that the SADC Environmental Vulnerability Assessment Committee was monitoring the situation in the different bloc member states. “We are working with various national environmental vulnerability committees. It’s a continuous process.”
A report of food and nutrition in Southern Africa, which was released shortly before the 39th SADC Heads of State Summit last weekend, estimated that 41.2 million people in 13 SADC member states are food insecure this year. The most affected countries are Zimbabwe, Mozambique, eSwatini, Malawi and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

According to the World Food Programme, 2.5 million Zimbabweans are facing starvation, and five million, a third of the population, are in dire need of food aid. Two of Harare’s four reservoirs are empty due to drought.
The bloc’s food reserve is 38.5 million tonnes for the year 2019/2020 harvesting season, mostly from South Africa, Zambia and Tanzania. South Africa had 15.5 million tonnes of cereals, Tanzania had 8.7 million tonnes and Zambia had 5.2 million tonnes of grain.
The other member countries recorded less than five million tonnes each during the just ended harvest, the report noted.
Maize accounts for 80 per cent of the cereal production in southern Africa. Other important cereals are wheat, sorghum, millet and rice. Only seven per cent of cultivated land is irrigated.
Most farmers in southern Africa are smallholders whose farms are less than five hectares.

SADC members face food shortage

Prolonged drought and floods hit Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe in March.

www.theeastafrican.co.ke

Ongea kiswahili burukenge hii leta kwa kiswahili huku haupo kei talk mnapoongelea kei tu kila wakati sa hv mposti kwa lugha official za sadc sio hio lugha ya bwana wenu

 

[joto la jiwe]

Magufuli Tafadhali sana futa mkataba wa kuwauzia Kenya chakula haraka, ndugu zetu wa damu wanahitaji chakula.

Wao wanastahili kwasababu upungufu wa chakula umetokana na majanga ya mafuriko, hawa nyang'au wametoa ardhi yote kwa wazungu na Kenyatta family, hawapaswi kuuziwa chakula.

 

[MK254]

Nyinyi si mnajifanya mnashirikiana na makaburu kutupiga fitna hadi kwenye ndege sasa ndo mtaona githeri linatengenezwa na mahindi au mavi this is war eac vs sadc tuone mwisho wa picha nani kidume mwamuzi anatokea AU ethiopia kwa baba Raila

Hehehe!! Naona umeni-quote mara tatu kwa mpigo, hizi taarifa zimegusa maeneo nyeti kweli, lakini ndio hivyo hamna namna, watu zaidi milioni 41 wanateseka njaa ukanda wote wa SADC, huko mnakonyang'anyana mindege. Halafu dah! Mkulima anainyang'anya Tanzania ndege, nyie bana kituko.

 

[joto la jiwe]

Hii taarifa inathibitisha umuhimu wa Tanzania ndani ya SADC. Tulizikomboa nchi za SADC kutoka katika makucha ya wakoloni, tunaendelea kuwakomboa ndugu zetu katika makucha ya njaa na maradhi, nchi nyingi za SADC zinaleta wagonjwa kutibiwa Tanzania. Tanzania ilikua kimbilio la nchi zilizokuwa zinatawalia, na bado inaendelea kuwa kimbilio lao kwa chakula na matibabu. Tanzania hoyeeeee.

 

[Venus Star]

Summary please.

 

[pingli-nywee]

Ongea kiswahili burukenge hii leta kwa kiswahili huku haupo kei talk mnapoongelea kei tu kila wakati sa hv mposti kwa lugha official za sadc sio hio lugha ya bwana wenu

Eti ongea kiswahili. Hujaona hiyo taarifa ni kutoka kwa The EastAfrican? Alafu hii video hapa chini ambayo umeipost wewe mwenyewe mbona hawaongei hata neno moja la kiswahili? Umeielewa au ndio umefanya tu 'guess work'? [emoji38]

 

[Geza Ulole]

Kenya faces hunger every year since Independence!

 

[Naby Keita]

Eti ongea kiswahili. Hujaona hiyo taarifa ni kutoka kwa The EastAfrican? Alafu hii video hapa chini ambayo umeipost wewe mwenyewe mbona hawaongei hata neno moja la kiswahili? Umeielewa au ndio umefanya tu 'guess work'? [emoji38]

Tutaelewana tu *****

 

[Naby Keita]

Hehehe!! Naona umeni-quote mara tatu kwa mpigo, hizi taarifa zimegusa maeneo nyeti kweli, lakini ndio hivyo hamna namna, watu zaidi milioni 41 wanateseka njaa ukanda wote wa SADC, huko mnakonyang'anyana mindege. Halafu dah! Mkulima anainyang'anya Tanzania ndege, nyie bana kituko.

Na s3ma hivii dada janerose mzal3ndo tutaelewana tuuu kwa sasa kila munu ave na kwao