Zimbabwe / Overall deficit for the current consumption year
HARARE, Zimbabwe, July 9, 2009/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Daily press briefing by the offices of the spokesperson for the UN secretary-general and the spokesperson for the general assembly president.
In Zimbabwe, provisional results from the crop and food supply assessment, jointly conducted in May this year by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Government of Zimbabwe, reveal an overall deficit of around 670,000 metric tons of cereals for the current consumption year. An estimated 2.8 million people in rural and urban areas may become food insecure during the peak of the 2009-2010 lean season, according to the assessment.
SOURCE
United Nations – Office of the Spokesperson of the Secretary-General
