Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe is expected to receive normal to above-normal rainfall during the 2022/2023 summer cropping season.
This was said by Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa while addressing Tuesday’s post-Cabinet briefing. She said:
The nation is being informed that the country is expected to receive normal to above-normal rainfall during the 2022/2023 season.
The nation will continuously be updated on the rainfall pattern as the season progresses.
Zimbabwe received average to low rainfall in most parts of the country during the 2021/23 summer cropping season resulting in a poor harvest which left about 5.5 million people facing hunger, according to Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee.
The government and its stakeholders including the World Food Programme (WFP) have been giving food to vulnerable people.
The projected normal to above-normal rainfall can set the stage for a bumper harvest that will guarantee food security and spur economic growth.
The southern African country used to be the breadbasket of the Southern African region a status that changed at the turn of the millennium due to poor agriculture policies and the effects of climate change.
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