This paper uses the novels Highway Queen and The Uncertainty of Hope to examine how evoked gendered food cultures reflect (on) gender identities in a flux, particularly some of the defining aspects of the Zimbabwean crisis time-space. Borrowing from Warren's work on the unsteadiness of the ...
“The Ukraine war coincides with an agricultural season that has been marked by erratic rainfall and dry spells in different parts of Zimbabwe, while it is premature to talk about harvest outcomes, the United Nations World Food Programme is concerned about the status of crops in some regions. W...
having faced prolonged drought and economic hardship for some time. It is imperative that we unite, to fight the COVID-19 pandemic in Zimbabwe and provide urgent food assistance safely to prevent an already vulnerable population from slipping deeper into this hunger crisis," WFP country director E...
“It is imperative that we unite to fight the COVID-19 pandemic in Zimbabwe and provide urgent food assistance safely to prevent an already vulnerable population from slipping deeper into this hunger crisis,” said WFP country director and representative, Eddie Rowe. More than half of the...
The World Food Programme (WFP) has requested US$409 million to extend food assistance to over 4.5 million people in Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe until March 2025. The crisis is expected to lead to a significant regional food deficit, with an estimated 5 million tonnes of imported maize needed...
Zimbabwe is set to import 400 000 metric tonnes (MT) of Maize from Zambia and Malawi to be delivered this June to alleviate a food crisis in the country. This will cost the country at least US$120 million before haulage and other costs are considered. Total grain imports will likely total...
RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook famine (redirected fromFood crisis) Thesaurus Medical Encyclopedia fam·ine (făm′ĭn) n. 1.A drastic, wide-reaching food shortage. 2.A drastic shortage; a dearth. ...
HARARE, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- The UN World Food Program (WFP) has placed Zimbabwe among 15 global hotspots at risk of deteriorating further into crisis if there is no rapid response to the prevailing food insecurity. About half the country's population, 7.7 million people, will need food ass...
In Zimbabwe, a study by Manjengwa et al. [60] found that about 43% of fish consumers reported cases of bloody diarrhea and loose stool after consuming fish from Lake Chivero. Cyanobacteria, which are found in most inland waters, produce highly toxic secondary metabolites known as cyanotoxins...
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