Southern Africa: UN Agencies Respond to Growing Food Insecurity in Southern Africa

[WFP] WFP, FAO and other partners are meanwhile monitoring the El Niño weather phenomenon which could significantly impact southern Africa following a poor agricultural season in 2014/15. The intensity of the El Niño is increasing towards a peak expected in late 2015, and may become one of the strongest such events on record. The region faces the risk of another poor rainfall season and harvest resulting in a "significant increase in food and nutrition insecurity in the region," according to the la
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