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Zimbabwe’s food basket for a family of five continued to rise as of this month, October due to a high portion of household expenses with harvest seasonally declining.
In a report by Famine Early Warning Systems Network, (FewsNet) described the persistence of high food inflation in Southern Africa to have increased by 10% Zimbabwe included.
According to the report, in most deficit-producing areas, household stocks are seasonally declining or have been exhausted leading families to depend on market purchases for food. The situation is worsened by El Nino which affects and limits agriculture income earning opportunities.
“Poor households are likely to continue trying to expand other available sources of income through non-agricultural labour opportunities such as petty trade, artisanal mining, production and sale of vegetables, sale of goats and chickens to earn income for market purchases,” read the report.
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