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Special programme for food security -
Mozambique has made impressive gains in
restoring food production since 1992. The production of basic staples,
notably maize, has increased with concomitant reductions in the levels
of food aid needed to meet the country's food requirements. At an aggregate,
national level, the country is currently virtually self-sufficient in
terms of food grain production, with the exception of wheat and rice.
This growth, however, has been uneven regionally and does not give any
indication of the widening disparities between urban and rural areas in
terms of levels of poverty and food insecurity. Moreover, this growth
has often failed to go hand in hand with nutritional improvements.
Although the recorded rates of malnutrition
have fallen over the last decade, the food security situation for large
sections of the population remains precarious. It is estimated that more
than two-thirds of the Mozambican population are living below the poverty
line.
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