Zimbabve se suočava s najgorim nedostatkom hrane u četiri godine nakon suše i loše žetve, Svjetski program UN -a rekao je 3. rujna. Glad je u porastu u Zimbabveu s procjenom 2.2 Milijun ljudi – jedan od četiri ruralnog stanovništva – Očekuje se da će trebati pomoć u hrani tijekom razdoblja prije žetve početkom sljedeće godine.

Najnoviji nedostatak hrane bio je zbog lošeg vremena, Visoki troškovi sjemena i gnojiva i projekcije da će se cijene hrane popeti zbog loše žetve kukuruza. The agency said it was working with the government and other international aid organizations to provide food assistance to about a fifth of Zimbabwe’s 13 million people from October until the next crop harvest in March/April 2014.

Zimbabwe used to be a major agricultural producer and economic power, and boasted the name of “bread basket of Africa”. However, food shortage happened frequently since 2001 due to long-running drought, grain output reduction, high unemployment rate, agricultural re-structuring, high AIDS infection rate, itd. WFP said in early 2009 that, about half the population needed assistance. Although the end of “hyper inflation” had taken a favorable turn for the economy, yet, the under investment and high rural unemployment rate didn’t take a good turn; no foreign investment is made in Zimbabwe agriculture.