Mitigating the food crisis in Southern Africa : from relief to development : Attenuation de la crise alimentaire en Afrique australe: De l'aide d'urgence au developpement (French)

More than 10 million people in southern Africa-Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swazilan, Zambia, and Zimbabwe-are currently threatened with famine, with the crisis being particularly severe in Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The immediate causes of the food shortage, namely of maize, the region's staple crop, are drought, flooding, and low levels of planting. However, what has made these countries so vulnerable to famine is chronic poverty, inadequate development...

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Author

Babu,Suresh Chandra;
Document Date
2003/03/01
Document Type
Brief
Report Number
26305
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Malawi, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Lesotho, Mozambique, Eswatini,
Region
Eastern and Southern Africa,
Disclosure Date
2005/01/03
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Attenuation de la crise alimentaire en Afrique australe: De l'aide d'urgence au developpement
Keywords
Food

Language

French

Unit Owning

AFTOS: Dev. Effectiveness (AFTDE)

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Final

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Africa Region findings ; no. 224;

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Babu,Suresh Chandra.

Mitigating the food crisis in Southern Africa : from relief to development : Attenuation de la crise alimentaire en Afrique australe: De l'aide d'urgence au developpement (French). Africa Region findings ; no. 224 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/933511468169146485

Mitigating the food crisis in Southern Africa : from relief to development : Attenuation de la crise alimentaire en Afrique australe: De l'aide d'urgence au developpement (French)

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