COMESA Regional Food Security Section
Food Security is a fundamental part of the COMESA region, in this section of the FAMIS website, you will find good and reliable information about the food security information in the COMESA region. Here we bring you, production data, consumption data, food security alerts and updates in the COMESA region. Food security maps mapping out the food security situation in the COMESA region. Most of this information is collected directly from the Agricultural Ministries of all the COMESA states.
News Stories
Uganda: Karimojong Women to Fight Hunger | Olandason Wanyama | Mar-10-2010
Kampala — Providing equal opportunities to women will save the Karimojong from hunger, the Moroto resident district commissioner, Nahaman Ojwee, has said.
Zimbabwe: Zvimba Expects Bumper Harvest | Fatima Bulla | Mar-09-2010
Harare — FARMERS in the Zvimba Communal Lands near Harare are enjoying a new lease of life after applying new methods of farming that are giving them better yields.
Swaziland: Tackling One Crisis at a Time Does Not Solve All | IRIN | Mar-09-2010
Mbabane — The myriad crises afflicting Swaziland can only be solved with a holistic approach, not a piecemeal one, the World Food Programme (WFP) deputy executive director, Sheila Sisulu, said during a recent tour of the country.
Zambia: Country Has Enough Maize - Daka | The Times of Zambia | Mar-08-2010
AGRICULTURE and Co-operatives Minister Peter Daka has given assurance that Zambia has more than 300,000 tonnes of maize to last up to the next crop marketing season.
Zimbabwe: Dairibord Seeks to Improve Brands | Bright Madera | Mar-08-2010
Harare — DAIRIBORD Holdings will this year spend US$8 million on capital projects aimed at enhancing revenue and cost reduction.
ZAMBIA: Food Security Outlook – January to June 2010. | Masiyaleti | Feb-04-2010
Lusaka Zambia: 3rd February, 2010. The food security situation in most parts of the country has remained good. Although maize availability in the public markets has declined, maize meal is readily available in different parts of the country as millers have good maize stocks on hand and can access grain from large traders.
Malawi: Current food security conditions | Daisi | Feb-03-2010
Current food security conditions in Chikwawa, Nsanje, and Balaka have improved slightly due to increased irrigation and belated food aid and cotton sales.
SUDAN: Increasing hunger could fuel conflict in south | IRINNEWS | Nov-18-2009
POCHALLA, 16 November 2009 (IRIN) - An increasing number of people in Southern Sudan cannot find enough to eat or adequate pasture and water for their livestock, raising fears of conflict between communities over grazing lands, local leaders warned.
Post-harvest losses aggravate hunger | FAO | Nov-03-2009
2 November 2009, Rome - Significant amounts of the food produced in developing countries is lost after harvest thereby aggravating hunger, FAO said today. The agency stressed that with adequate investment and training food losses could be drastically reduced.
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