CERF allocates $ 547,000 for Red Locus outbreak in Mozambique 20 April 2009: CERF has allocated $547,000 to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to preserve food security and livelihoods of rural populations and to mitigate further damage to the already fragile agricultural production in Mozambique. (This project is one part of a regional allocation of $1.9 million to address Red Locus outbreak in Central and Southern Africa.)
Moderate levels of food insecurity persist in the southern region of Mozambique, which was severely hit by drought and in some parts of the central region affected by floods. The number of acutely food insecure persons increased from 302,664 in May 2008 to 450,000 in October 2008. Poor to very poor households having limited or no coping strategies need continuous humanitarian assistance through March 2009 when early harvests begin. The current Red Locust outbreak in the Buzi-Gorongosa plains could significantly exacerbate food insecurity conditions. [Last update: 14 September 2009]
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