US$3,9m boost to arrest food security crisis

ZIMBABWE has received an allocation of €4 million (US$3,9m) from the European Union (EU) to mitigate the growing food security crisis, amid uncertain weather and macroeconomic conditions.

Poor rains in the 2021/22 agricultural season haver led to lower cereal production, especially maize and wheat crops.

EU’s monetary support to Zimbabwe is part of a €600 million (US$578m) finance facility from the European Development Fund to provide assistance towards food production, humanitarian food aid and food system resilience.

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