Assessment of cyclone idai floods on local food systems and disaster management responses in Mozambique and Zimbabwe

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dc.contributor.authorTevera, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorSibanda, Melusi
dc.contributor.authorMamba, Sipho Felix
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-27T11:32:56Z
dc.date.available2021-10-27T11:32:56Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractIn recent years, countries in southern Africa have experienced frequent hydro-meteorological disasters, such as widespread flooding caused by tropical cyclones. This chapter takes a close look at the destructive aspects of tropical cyclone Idai in Mozambique and Zimbabwe and the emergency disaster management responses. The chapter also seeks to understand the impact of the cyclone on food systems. The chapter is based on a desktop study that made use of scholarly publications and various media and organisation reports as the main sources of secondary data. A key finding of the study is that as the cyclone swept across the two countries, it exposed the fragilities of the local food systems, thereby presenting food insecurity challenges that potentially undermined the drive towards the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2 on hunger eradication. The other finding is that the disaster management responses in both countries focussed on the emergency needs in the affected areas without giving much attention to making the food systems more resilient.en_US
dc.identifier.citationTevera D. et al. (2021). Assessment of cyclone idai floods on local food systems and disaster management responses in Mozambique and Zimbabwe. In: Nhamo G., Chikodzi D. (eds) Cyclones in Southern Africa. Sustainable Development Goals Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74303-1_4en_US
dc.identifier.isbn978-3-030-74303-1
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74303-1_4
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/6967
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringer, Chamen_US
dc.subjectCyclone Idaien_US
dc.subjectDisplacementen_US
dc.subjectLivelihoodsen_US
dc.subjectFood systemsen_US
dc.subjectMozambiqueen_US
dc.titleAssessment of cyclone idai floods on local food systems and disaster management responses in Mozambique and Zimbabween_US
dc.typeBook chapteren_US

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