Fighting hunger situation in Zambia

Constable Mazimba Start Date: Sep 19, 2024 - End Date: Jan 18, 2025
  • Educational/Research Trip
  • Missionary Service
  • Volunteer Trip
  • Livingstone, Zambia

My Travel Story

by: Constable Mazimba Start Date: Sep 19, 2024 - End Date: Jan 18, 2025
  • Educational/Research Trip
  • Missionary Service
  • Volunteer Trip
Saving Lives
Changing Lives
 
Home 
 Where we work 
 Zambia 
 
Zambia
Photo credit
48%
of people unable to meet their minimum-calorie requirements
35%
of children are stunted (impaired development due to malnutrition)
19.6 million
population
Download country brief
More than half of Zambia's population still lives below the poverty line. The COVID-19 pandemic put further strain on an economy already weakened by recurrent climate shocks, falling copper prices and unsustainable fiscal policies.

The country is facing it worst drought on record due to the ongoing effects of El Niño, with some regions receiving less than 50 percent of usual annual rainfall. The is affecting affected food production and natural resources, with a knock-on effect on food security.

Zambia’s 2 million smallholder farmers are extremely vulnerable to such climate shocks, as they predominately depend on rain-fed agriculture. They also face limited access to high-quality inputs, climate.

Nutrition
2023 - Anticipating Weather and Climate
 
In Southern Africa, El Niño drought leaves a trail of scorched harvests and hunger
Story | 15 May 2024
 
Zambia cooks up solutions to hunger and climate change...
  • Livingstone, Zambia