# WFP Regional Bureau for Southern Africa: El Niño Situation Report #3, November 2024 - Zimbabwe | ReliefWeb

> The WFP's November 2024 El Niño situation report says more than 26 million people in Southern Africa are food insecure. Zambia and Zimbabwe show maize production down about 50% and 72% from the five-year average, and the region faces a sharp import need of about 5 million tonnes.

- Date: 2024-11-13 · published 2024-11-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Southern Africa · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/27328-wfp-regional-bureau-for-southern-africa-el-nino-situation-report-3-november
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md), [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md)

## Why it matters

A large Southern African maize import requirement, around 5 million tonnes, could draw export supply from South America and the US, supporting corn prices and freight demand.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- SORGHUM: bullish ▲
- OCEANFRT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2026-10-02 | [2026 - 2027 El Niño: Special Report (October 2, 2026 ) - World \| ReliefWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17049-2026-2027-el-nino-special-report-october-2-2026-world-reliefweb.md) | -1.0% | -6.0% |
| CORN | 2024-04-23 | [FAO/GIEWS Special Alert No. 352: Southern Africa El Niño-linked drought to cause cereal production declines and spur a surge in import needs, 23 April 2024 - Mozambique \| ReliefWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30654-fao-giews-special-alert-no-352-southern-africa-el-nino-linked-drought-to-cause.md) | -0.1% | +4.1% |
| CORN | 2023-10-18 | [GIEWS Country Brief: Zimbabwe 18-October-2023 - Zimbabwe \| ReliefWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33552-giews-country-brief-zimbabwe-18-october-2023-zimbabwe-reliefweb.md) | +1.9% | -1.3% |
| CORN | 2024-11-01 | [Zimbabwe - Food Security Outlook: Atypical countrywide Crisis (IPC Phase 3) until start of 2024/25 harvests, October 2024 - May 2025 - Zimbabwe \| ReliefWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27330-zimbabwe-food-security-outlook-atypical-countrywide-crisis-ipc-phase-3-until.md) | +2.5% | -0.2% |
| CORN | 2021-12-23 | [No Significant Relief Forecast for Argentina, Southern Brazil](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13755-no-significant-relief-forecast-for-argentina-southern-brazil.md) | -0.7% | +3.1% |

## Sources

- reliefweb.int: https://reliefweb.int/report/zimbabwe/wfp-regional-bureau-southern-africa-el-nino-situation-report-3-november-2024

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