# Zimbabwe - Food Security Outlook: Atypical countrywide Crisis (IPC Phase 3) until start of 2024/25 harvests, October 2024 - May 2025 - Zimbabwe | ReliefWeb

> The IPC Zimbabwe food security outlook projects Crisis (IPC Phase 3) food outcomes countrywide from October 2024 to May 2025. It attributes this to the 2023/24 El Niño drought, which left own-produced food stocks widely unavailable.

- Date: 2024-11-01 · published 2024-11-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Zimbabwe · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/27330-zimbabwe-food-security-outlook-atypical-countrywide-crisis-ipc-phase-3-until
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Persistent food deficits in Zimbabwe sustain import demand for maize and feed grains, but the volumes are small relative to global markets and the effect on prices is modest.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 2023-11-03 | [El Niño: Anticipatory Action and Response Plan, October 2023 - March 2024 - Mitigating the expected impacts of El Niño-induced climate extremes on agriculture and food security - World \| ReliefWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33097-el-nino-anticipatory-action-and-response-plan-october-2023-march-2024.md) | +1.0% | -1.0% |
| CORN | 2024-10-09 | [GIEWS Country Brief: Namibia 09-October-2024 - Namibia \| ReliefWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27779-giews-country-brief-namibia-09-october-2024-namibia-reliefweb.md) | -3.3% | -0.7% |
| CORN | 2024-11-13 | [WFP Regional Bureau for Southern Africa: El Niño Situation Report #3, November 2024 - Zimbabwe \| ReliefWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27328-wfp-regional-bureau-for-southern-africa-el-nino-situation-report-3-november.md) | -0.5% | +1.0% |
| CORN | 2024-11-01 | [Zimbabwe's 2024/25 Cropping  Season: Targets, Preparatory Measures \| Equity Axis](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27331-zimbabwe-s-2024-25-cropping-season-targets-preparatory-measures-equity-axis.md) | +2.5% | -0.2% |

## Sources

- reliefweb.int: https://reliefweb.int/report/zimbabwe/zimbabwe-food-security-outlook-atypical-countrywide-crisis-ipc-phase-3-until-start-202425-harvests-october-2024-may-2025

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