End of lean season ushers in minimal food insecurity outcomes throughout the region
KEY MESSAGES
Food insecurity outcomes are Minimal (IPC Phase 1) over most parts of the region and are expected to remain so through June. Targeted humanitarian assistance is meeting household needs in food insecure areas of Zimbabwe, southern Malawi, southern Mozambique, and Lesotho.
A prolonged dry spell in the southern half of the region has continued for over two months in some areas, resulting in crop yield reductions and dampened harvest expectations. Though crop prospects remain good in some parts of the region, other factors that have compromised expected harvests in other parts include an erratic onset of rains, armyworm outbreaks, input distribution challenges, along with flooding and waterlogging.
