- The majority of households in the country
will be able to meet basic food needs throughout the outlook period. Despite
the poor harvest in the south and central areas and the resulting impacts
on household food stocks and employment, most households will cope and
meet basic food needs and have no acute food insecurity. Also during this
period, some food from the second season production will contribute to
food availability at the household level.
- Between July and December, moderate levels of food insecurity will continue among poor and very poor households in the Zambezi Basin: parts of the Mágoe, Cahora Bassa, Changara, Moatize, and Mutarara districts in the Tete province; the Guro, Macossa, and Tambara districts in the Manica province; the Chemba, Caia, and Marromeu districts in the Sofala province; and the Chinde, Mopeia, and Morrumbala districts in the Zambézia province, and in the semi-arid interior of the Gaza and Inhambane province (the districts of Chigubo, Mabalane, Panda Mabote, Funhalouro, and north of Guija and Chibuto).
- Food security conditions may deteriorate later in the October to December period when the lean season will peak. It is most likely that if this occurs, households in a few other districts in the south will become moderately food insecure.
- Although available information is still scarce, the ongoing discharges from the Cahora Bassa dam in the Zambezi River may destroy second season crops along the riverbanks and in floodplain areas where local households typically practice their second cropping season following the recession of water after the rainy season.
Source: Famine Early Warning System Network
Country: Mozambique