El Niño triggers 3 million-ton maize deficit in southern Africa
Southern African nations battling the fallout of a record El Niño-induced drought this year will need to import at least an additional 3 million tons of maize in the coming months, driving up food costs, the Famine Early Warning Systems Network said.
More than 30 million people impacted by the El Niño-induced drought will need humanitarian help through March, Fews Net said in a report late Tuesday. Peak regional food-aid requirements will be about 25% higher than the previous severe drought caused by the weather phenomenon in 2016-17, the US Agency for International Development-funded organisation said.
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