Source: Southern African Development Community
Country: Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Main Outcomes and Findings of the VACs
The number of food insecure people in the countries providing data increased by 13% (13.4 million this year compared to 10.3 million for last year) which was an above average year.
The exceptions were Mozambique and Swaziland where numbers continued to decrease.
In comparison to last year major increases in food insecure population are noted in Malawi, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe