SW Radio Africa (London)
Tichaona Sibanda
26 August 2010
The Food Security Risk Index 2010, compiled by the British risk analysis firm Maplecroft, ranks Zimbabwe 10th in the world, while North America and Western Europe, especially Scandinavia, have the surest food supplies.
The survey was based on 12 factors, drawn up in collaboration with the United Nations's World Food Programme (WFP). Maplecroft said on their website the criteria include cereal production, risk of extreme weather events, quality of agricultural and distribution infrastructure, conflict and effectiveness of government.
Ten countries were rated as being at 'extreme' risk; Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Eritrea, Sudan, Ethiopia, Angola, Liberia, Chad and Zimbabwe. Of the 50 nations most at risk, 36 were from sub-Saharan Africa.
Maplecroft attributed climate change to the leap in wheat prices this year and warned of harsh consequences for vulnerable nations.'The recent extreme weather events in Pakistan and Russia are expected to result in a further increase in risk to their own food security next year,' it said.
Zimbabwe, once the region's breadbasket, is now a net importer of food from countries that it used to export to, as a result of the chaotic and violent land grab, spearheaded by Robert Mugabe and his ZANU PF party.
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