Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is a landlocked, low-income, food deficit country in Southern Africa. At the peak of the 2017 lean season, 4.1 million people were estimated to be food-insecure because of the El Niño-induced drought.
The factors which have exacerbated Zimbabwe’s food security situation to “serious” according to the 2016 Global Hunger Index are manifold. Widespread poverty, HIV/AIDS, limited employment opportunities, liquidity challenges, recurrent climate-induced shocks and economic instability all contribute to limiting adequate access to food.
Low-productivity agricultural practices and lack of access to markets are also affecting the food security of the vast majority of rural Zimbabweans, whose livelihoods depend on own production. Undernutrition rates are high, especially in rural districts where diets lack diversity – maize being the main staple – and are poor in essential nutrients.
What the World Food Programme is doing in Zimbabwe
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Humanitarian assistance
WFP works to enable food-insecure people, including refugees, in the most affected districts to meet their basic food and nutrition requirements during severe seasonal shocks or other crises. WFP will continue to provide assistance in seasonal lean periods, which can escalate to crisis level. The objective is to improve access to food and ensure that vulnerable people consume an adequate and nutritious diet in times of need.
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Nutrition
WFP is supporting efforts to reduce stunting rates of children in prioritized districts by 2025, in line with national and global targets. The goal is to improve the diets of young children, increase access to low-cost fortified foods, reduce stunting and micronutrient deficiencies among children aged from 6 months to 2 years, and optimize the Government’s nutrition programming.
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Support to smallholder farmers
WFP aims to enable smallholder farmers to have increased access to well-functioning markets by 2030 through activities that address the lack of systems and institutions to support efficient and profitable marketing.
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Rural resilience to climate shocks
To support food insecure rural households in achieving food security and demonstrating resilience to seasonal shocks and stressors, WFP provides cash or food to meet families’ short-term needs in the short-term, while assets – such as water harvesting systems – are rehabilitated or created for long-term food security.
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Social protection
WFP is contributing to Zimbabwe’s social protection system, so that chronically vulnerable populations across the country are able to meet their basic needs all year round. WFP aims to improve national institutions and systems to enhance the quality and outcomes of humanitarian responses in the short term, while minimizing the need for humanitarian responses in future.
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Supply chain solutions
WFP provides partners with cost-effective and efficient logistics and procurement expertise and services.
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