Food Insecurity in Zimbabwe Is on Par With War-Stricken Nations, Says WFP
- About 2.7 million Zimbabweans risk running out of grain: WFP
- Nation has been dogged by years of economic, political turmoil
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Climate change, currency depreciation and economic degradation have led to food insecurity in Zimbabwe that ranks on a par with several war-stricken nations, according to a senior World Food Programme official.
A convergence of challenges, “the economic dynamics, currency issues, climatic issues, the harvest, make Zimbabwe regularly feature on a hotspot list of food-security risks in the world,” Francesca Erdelmann, the WFP’s country representative in Zimbabwe, said in an interview last week. Others on the list include Ukraine, Gaza, Afghanistan, Yemen, Syria and a number of countries in Africa’s Sahel region.