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Food insecurity[edit]
The floods hit during the critical stage leading to depressed yields of mahangu, the staple cereal food for the majority of the population in the Northern Central regions. The household stocks of mahangu were not expected to last beyond next the harvest, forcing the household to use savings to purchase food. As low-income households could not easily compensate by lowering already minimal non-food expenditure, they were likely to shift food consumption towards lower calorie and less nutritious foods or simply reduce their food intake.

The European Food Safety Authority mission estimated that compared to the previous agricultural season, there was an average 59% drop in production in the North Central Regions and 46% in affected areas of Caprivi. As  a result, 16.4% of the flood affected households in the Northern Central regions and 32.5%( due to the high prevalence of HIV and AIDS) of the flood affected households in Caprivi are food insecure. These households’ were unable to meet daily nutritional requirements. The population affected by the floods went from chronically food insecure to acutely food insecure.

An estimated 94,000 people were in immediate need of assistance to cover their basic food needs in  flood-affected areas.

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