Zambia declared a state of food shortage
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Last Update: 2002-06-01
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Introduction: Lusaka, May 29 - Zambia's President Mwanawasa announced on May 29 that the country was in a state of "disaster" due to the severe food shortage caused by the drought Mwanawasa said that due to the drought, the corn harvest in Zambia is 630000 tons, and only 6 million people can barely survive, while the rest 4 million Zambians will be hungry He said the country's food reserves will only last until July and August, when millions of Zambians will have to rely on foreign food relief Mwanawasa called on the international community to lend a helping hand and asked domestic companies to stop exporting corn to ensure domestic food supply Recently, the southern province of Zambia suffered from severe drought, resulting in a large area of food failure and livestock death Due to drought, frost and economic instability, southern African countries are facing the most serious food shortage in the past decade.
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