Mozambique, February 2012



Food distributions began on 2 February in the flood-hit central Zambezia province of Mozambique where nearly 6,000 people in Maganja district received rations of flour and other supplies to last them a month. Following a request for help from the Mozambique government, WFP is working to provide emergency food rations to 76,500 people in Zambezia and a further 6,500 in Maputo Province, around the country’s capital. Around 100,000 hectares of farmland are believed to have been lost in the poor southern African country. There are fears for food security in coming months, when inhabitants of affected areas will have no crops to harvest.



Photos: WFP/Naomi Scott