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Food shortages are likely to reach a crisis level in Zimbabwe due to depleted food stocks, constrained access to income and high food prices.
The leading provider of early warning and analysis on acute food insecurity around the world has said that the EI Nino induced poor rainfall could worsen the crisis.
”A likely delayed start and EI-Nino-induced erratic and cumulatively below-average rainfall during the 2023/24 rainy season in Zimbabwe is expected to negatively impact the area planted for crops and the 2024 harvest,” reads the FewsNet report.
Livestock body conditions, especially cattle are expected to decline as water and pasture conditions deteriorate, impacting livestock sales. The gathering, consumption, and sale of wild foods and other wild products will likely be below normal.
The market supply of staple grain will likely decline through the 2023/24 agricultural season. In October, some farmers with surplus grain are speculatively holding on to their stocks in response to EI Nino forecasts.
However poor households will likely receive less remittances as other households members in-country or abroad, mainly in South Africa, face poor macroeconomic conditions and high living costs.
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