Southern Africa in urgent need of food production assistance

Some 23-million people in southern Africa are in need of urgent support to be able to produce enough food to feed themselves and avoid being dependent on humanitarian assistance until mid-2018, the United Nations agricultural agency has warned. According to the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), in a press release, if farmers are not able to plant by October, the result will be another reduced harvest early next year, severely affecting food and nutrition security, as well as livelihoods in the region.