Zambia: Despite Surplus, Pockets of Food Insecurity Remain

The World Food Programme has announced that it fed almost 830,000 Zambians last month. This comes despite the fact that Zambia had a successful harvest and is expected to export an estimated 120,000mt of maize. The western region of the country is at particular risk as a result of the crops lost by farmers when the Zambezi River flooded at the beginning of the year