Rising food prices threaten hungry families
Zimbabwe is heading into a potentially punishing food-security season, with an intensifying El Niño threatening rainfall, rising maize prices squeezing vulnerable households, and the risk of a poor 2027 harvest threatening to deepen the crisis long after the first effects of drought are felt. New assessments by the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FewsNet) warn… The post Rising food prices threaten hungry families appeared first on The Standard .
Zimbabwe is heading into a potentially punishing food-security season, with an intensifying El Niño threatening rainfall, rising maize prices squeezing vulnerable households, and the risk of a poor 2027 harvest threatening to deepen the crisis long after the first effects of drought are felt. New assessments by the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FewsNet) warn…
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- October 11, 2026
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