Fighting famine in Southern Africa: steps out of the crisis
About 10 million people in southern Africa—Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe—are experiencing famine or the threat of famine.The immediate causes of the current crisis are drought, flooding, and low levels of crop planting.What has made these countries so vulnerable to fam...
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| description | About 10 million people in southern Africa—Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe—are experiencing famine or the threat of famine.The immediate causes of the current crisis are drought, flooding, and low levels of crop planting.What has made these countries so vulnerable to famine, however, is chronic poverty and inadequate policies. Now these conditions have combined to result in severe shortfalls in food production and in turn high prices for maize, the staple food of the region. The key to overcoming this famine is appropriate and effective policies. Described here are the policy approaches that IFPRI research in Africa has shown to be effective in fighting famine. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1558572025-04-17T09:29:54Z Fighting famine in Southern Africa: steps out of the crisis International Food Policy Research Institute flooding maize poverty food supply food prices food policies food production drought famine About 10 million people in southern Africa—Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe—are experiencing famine or the threat of famine.The immediate causes of the current crisis are drought, flooding, and low levels of crop planting.What has made these countries so vulnerable to famine, however, is chronic poverty and inadequate policies. Now these conditions have combined to result in severe shortfalls in food production and in turn high prices for maize, the staple food of the region. The key to overcoming this famine is appropriate and effective policies. Described here are the policy approaches that IFPRI research in Africa has shown to be effective in fighting famine. 2002 2024-10-24T12:42:42Z 2024-10-24T12:42:42Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155857 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157448 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute International Food Policy Research Institute. 2002. Fighting famine in Southern Africa: steps out of the crisis. Issue Brief 8. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155857 |
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| title | Fighting famine in Southern Africa: steps out of the crisis |
| title_full | Fighting famine in Southern Africa: steps out of the crisis |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Fighting famine in Southern Africa: steps out of the crisis |
| title_short | Fighting famine in Southern Africa: steps out of the crisis |
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| topic | flooding maize poverty food supply food prices food policies food production drought famine |
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