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Southern African: Food and Nutrition Security Working Group (FSNWG) Issue 1, March 2017
Key Messages Good performance of the current growing season (Oct 2016 – April 2017) is critical for Southern Africa, after suffer...
Food Security Early Warning System Agromet Update 2016/2017 Agricultural Season, Issue 04 Month: January
Highlights Southern and central areas continued to receive well above average rains in January. Poor rainfall was received in western...
Southern Africa: Humanitarian needs continue to spiral in Southern Africa as peak of lean season looms
Southern Africa is now entering the peak of the lean season following the worst El Niño-induced drought in decades. With food stocks la...
El Niño: Overview of Impact, Projected Humanitarian Needs and Response (as of 09 March 2016)
The 2015-2016 El Niño has passed its peak but it remains strong and will continue to influence the global climate. It is expected to we...
Southern African: Food and Nutrition Security Working Group (FSNWG) Issue 4, November 2015
Rainfall season update Evolution of the 2015/16 agricultural season Current number of food insecure people (2015/16 season) Regional p...
Southern African: Food and Nutrition Security Working Group (FSNWG) Issue 3, September 2015
The Southern Africa Regional Climate Outlook Forum (SARCOF) forecast of a high likelihood of normal to below-normal rainfall over south...
Southern Africa: Assumptions for Quarterly Food Security Analysis, June 2015
About this report To project food security outcomes, FEWS NET uses scenario development. Commonly used by planners and researchers to ...
Southern African: Food and Nutrition Security Working Group (FSNWG) Issue 2, June 2015
Regional crop production, especially for cereal is expected to decrease as a result of the uncharacteristic and erratic 2014/15 rainfal...
Southern African: Food and Nutrition Security Working Group (FSNWG) Issue 1, April 2015
While favourable food security conditions prevail across most of southern Africa, early warning signs provide alarming indications of l...
A large-scale operational study of home-based therapy with ready-to-use therapeutic food in childhood malnutrition in Malawi
Maternal & Child Nutrition, 3 (3) 3; pp.206-215 This study examined outcomes of malnourished children aged 6-60 months enrolled in...