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Zimbabwe to meet half of food staple needs from Zambia, Ukraine
ZIMBABWE's government has acquired 650,000 tonnes of maize (called corn in North America) from Zambia and the Ukraine after back-to-back droughts cut the size of its harvest to a record low, reports Bloomberg.
"We are now putting up logistics for the delivery of the maize," vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa told reporters Harare.
Zimbabwe has appealed for US$1.6 billion to feed three million people - about a quarter of the population - after the worst drought in 20 years damaged crops, killed livestock and led President Robert Mugabe to declare a national disaster.
Central bank governor John Mangudya in January said that the country had secured a $200 million loan from African Export-Import Bank to import maize (also called sweet corn in the UK), used as a staple, while the European Union had promised EUR3.5 million (US$3.9 million), NewsDay Zimbabwe reported.
The nation has 250,000 tonnes of maize reserves that should last until September, Mangudya was cited as saying by the newspaper.
Zimbabwean farmers will probably produce about 200,000 tons of maize this year, the smallest harvest since at least 1961 when the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation began collecting the data.
"We are now putting up logistics for the delivery of the maize," vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa told reporters Harare.
Zimbabwe has appealed for US$1.6 billion to feed three million people - about a quarter of the population - after the worst drought in 20 years damaged crops, killed livestock and led President Robert Mugabe to declare a national disaster.
Central bank governor John Mangudya in January said that the country had secured a $200 million loan from African Export-Import Bank to import maize (also called sweet corn in the UK), used as a staple, while the European Union had promised EUR3.5 million (US$3.9 million), NewsDay Zimbabwe reported.
The nation has 250,000 tonnes of maize reserves that should last until September, Mangudya was cited as saying by the newspaper.
Zimbabwean farmers will probably produce about 200,000 tons of maize this year, the smallest harvest since at least 1961 when the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation began collecting the data.
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