reporting up to three broken boreholes in their vicinity. Nearly
70% of families reported sourcing water from a river‐bed and
20% from a well.
Back cover:
One third of households we interviewed expect to lose livestock
to starvation before the end of 2011: Gwanda district, October 2011.
Graphs
Graph 1: showing food insecurity based on number of meals and food stocks
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Graph 2: showing percentage of families that have food other than maize meal
and vegetables in the homestead on day of interview
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Graph 3: showing as a percentage which foods interviewees reported having eaten,
other than maize meal and vegetables in the last week .
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Graph 4: showing total livestock in all households in 2010 (left column)
and 2011 (right column)
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Graph 5: showing percentage of families that do NOT own livestock
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Graph 7: showing percentage of families using barter as a survival strategy
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Graph 8: showing last year’s harvests
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Graph 9: showing percentage of diaspora families having different numbers of
family abroad
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Graph 10: showing when family members left for the diaspora
Graph 6: showing percentage of families expecting to lose livestock before
end of 2011
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Graph 11: showing frequency of remittances from diaspora members
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Abbreviations
AREX
CFU
DIMAF
ESAP
FAO
FEWS NET
FVG
GPA
MDC
MDC T
MLF
NGO
NRZ
SADC
SPT
USAID
WFP
ZIMVAC
ZANU PF
ZAPU
Agricultural Extension Office
Commercial Farmers Union
Distressed and Marginalised Areas Fund
Economic Structural Adjustment Programme
Food and Agricultural Organisation
Famine Early Warning System Network
Feeding of Vulnerable Groups
Global Political Agreement
Movement for Democratic Change
Movement for Democratic Change, Tsvangirai
Mthwakazi Liberation Front
non governmental organisation
National Railways of Zimbabwe
Southern African Development Community
Solidarity Peace Trust
United States Development Agency
World Food Programme
Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee
Zimbabwe African National Union, Patriotic Front
Zimbabwe Africa People’s Union
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