FOOD CRISES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA: INTERVIEW: REGGIE MUGWARA AT REGIONAL MEETING FOR HUMANITARIAN NEEDS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

Record ID: 881821

  • Title: FOOD CRISES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA: INTERVIEW: REGGIE MUGWARA AT REGIONAL MEETING FOR HUMANITARIAN NEEDS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
  • Date: 7th June 2002
  • Summary: FOOD CRISES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA: INTERVIEW: REGGIE MUGWARA AT REGIONAL MEETING FOR HUMANITARIAN NEEDS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
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  • City: Johannesburg
  • Country: South Africa
  • Reuters ID: 02JUN07R01
  • Story Text:FOOD CRISES / FAMINE / STARVATION IN SOUTHERN AFRICA: REGIONAL MEETING HUMANITARIAN NEEDS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA AT SANDTON: INTERVIEW: REGGIE MUGWARA: DIRECTOR FOR FOOD AGRICULTURAL NATURAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT UNIT BASED IN HARARE

    01.01.57 SET-UP SHOTS WITH DARREN REUTERS JOURNALISTS
    01.02.29 HUMANITARIAN CRISES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA - MALAWI, ZAMBIA, ZIMBABWE
    01.03.47 SHORTAGES OF FOREIGN CURRENCY
    01.04.03 CONSTRAINTS IN TRANSPORT & LOGISTICS
    01.04.22 GROWING SEASON BAD - REDUCED FOOD PRODUCTION - INCLUDE LESOTHO SWAZILAND MOZAMBIQUE, ANGOLA
    01.05.06 THIS IS BEYONG THE CAPACITY OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS TO DEAL WITH ON THEIR OWN
    01.05.19 SEND CROP ACCESSMENT MISSIONS IN CONJUNCTION WITH WFP & FAO TO LOOK AT HOW MUCH HARVEST EXPECTED - TO QUANTIFY THE MAGNITUDE OF THE FOOD REQUIRED AND THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
    01.06.08 WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH WFP - INITIAL EARLY-WARNING UNITS
    01.06.47 TO WHAT EXTENT IS THE PROBLEM MAN-MADE? DISASTERS WITH FLOODS OR DROUGHT EXAGGERATES WEAKNESSES OR PROBLEMS THAT ARE ALREADY THERE - AGRICULTURE DEPENDS ON NATURE = NOT SUSTANINABLE IN LONG RUN - WE NEED TO DIVERSIFY / INTENSIFY BY BRINGING IN MORE LAND UNDER IRRIGATION IN ORDER TO LESSEN PERIODIC DROUGHTS TAKING PLACE - MANAGING RISK - HOW DO YOU MANAGE A SITUATION WHERE YOU HAVE SIMULTANEOUSLY HAVE A DROUGHT AND FLOODING WITHING THE SAME COUNTRY DURING THE SAME SEASON - THAT MANAGEMENT OF THAT DISASTERS - REGIONS MUST BUILD IN CAPACITIES IN ORDER TO DEAL WITH THAT
    01.08.12 BRING IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR - MOBILISING RESOURCES
    01.08.44 WHAT ABOUT POLITICS - ZIMBABWE LAND REFORM, MALAWI SELL-OFF OF STRATEGIC MAIZE RESERVES - IS THAT BEEN A FACTOR IN THIS CRISES?
    01.09.28 POLITICAL SITRUATIONS IN SOME COUNTRIES AFFECTING HOW DONOR COUNTRIES VIEW THE APPEAL FOR AID - RELUCTANCE?
    01.10.42 FUTURE DISASTERS WHETHER MAN-MADE OR CLIMATIC - DIALOGUE INITIATED - COME UP ROBUST POLICIES THAT CAN COMBAT THIS FLUCTUATION IN FOOD PRODUCTION IN THIS REGION
    01.11.02 WILL THAT DIALOGUE ALSO INCLUDE BETTER GOVERNANCE - MORE RESPONSIBILITY ON GOVERNMENTS ITO PUTTING OUT GOOD POLICIES?
    DONORS HAVE BEEN RAISING THESE ISSUES
    01.11.23 WHAT HAVE THE DONORS BEEN SAYING?
    01.11.437 ROLE OF STATE HAS BEEN CHANGING - LIBERATION TO FACILITATOR
    01.12.21 ISSUES OF SUBSIDIES - EXCHANGE RATES - FOOD PRICES INCREASED - NO PURCHASING POWER - SUBSIDIES SHOULD NOT CROWD OUT PRIVATE SECTOR IN PLAYING A MEANINGFUL ROLE
    01.13.09 WHAT COUNTRIES ARE USING SUBSIDIES? LESOTHO
    01.13.48 ZIMBABWE HAS PRICE CONTROLS - THE TASK BEFORE US IS THAT EVERY CITIZEN IN THE REGION HAS SOMETHING TO EAT NOW WHEN YOU REMOVE PRICE CONTROLS, IF IT MEANS THAT PEOPLE WHO HAVE A LIMITED PURCHASING POWER DON'T HAVE THE ACCESS TO THAT FOOD - IT'S SELF-DEFEATING IN WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO - IN LONG RUN MAYBE SUBSIDIES IS NOUT SUSTAINABLE
    01.14.44 MESSAGE FROM REGION TO FOOD SUMMIT IN ROME - EMERGING HUMANITARIAN CRISES - FOOD SECURITY STRATEGY - EXPLAINING
    01.16.54 SET-UP SHOTS / CUTAWAYS
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