More gloom ahead for SADC�s growling stomachs

Friday, May 20, 2016

A field of maize in Gabane in December 2015, Assessments are finding widespread crop failure

Assessment teams in the 12 SADC countries pushed to hunger by the El Nino climate phenomenon are expected to announce that the region is facing its worst food situation ever, when they meet in Johannesburg next month. This week, Staff Writer, MBONGENI MGUNI, learnt that SADC is considering its first global food appeal in 14 years

The last time SADC launched a global appeal for humanitarian assistance, Malawian president, Bakili Muluzi of Malawi was SADC chair and he led the quest for $611 million in aid, after El Nino decimated the 2001-2002 farming season.

By the time SADC and the UN jointly launched the appeal in July 2002, at least 15.2 million regional citizens had been pushed to the edge of starvation by El Nino, a cyclical climate phenomenon associated with rain deficits, heatwaves and flooding.

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More gloom ahead for SADC�s growling stomachs