Zim begins food aid distribution

The government has begun distribution of food aid to areas severely affected by the El Nino-induced drought, a Cabinet minister has said.

The distribution follows the completion of the Household-based Village-co-ordinated Rapid Vulnerability Assessment and the Urban Food and Nutrition Council assessment which indicated that close to 60% of the population is in dire need of food aid.

During post-Cabinet media briefing in Harare yesterday, Lands and Agriculture minister Anxious Masuka said movement for grain to mid rural areas had started.

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