# GIEWS Country Brief: Zimbabwe 18-October-2023 - Zimbabwe | ReliefWeb

> A GIEWS country brief dated October 18, 2023 forecasts a high probability of below-average rainfall in Zimbabwe from October 2023 to February 2024. Planting of the 2024 cereal crop begins in November. Above-average temperatures add heat-stress risk, and the brief notes that currency weakness and double-digit inflation limit farmers' input purchases.

- Date: 2023-10-18 · published 2023-10-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Zimbabwe · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/33552-giews-country-brief-zimbabwe-18-october-2023-zimbabwe-reliefweb
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

A likely poor 2024 maize harvest in Zimbabwe would increase the country's import needs. The impact on global corn prices is small because Zimbabwe is a minor trade player.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 2023-07-14 | [GIEWS Country Brief: Guatemala 14-July-2023 - Guatemala \| ReliefWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5096-giews-country-brief-guatemala-14-july-2023-guatemala-reliefweb.md) | -6.9% | -11.1% |
| CORN | 2016-11-16 | [GIEWS Country Brief: Philippines 16-November-2016 - Philippines \| ReliefWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12240-giews-country-brief-philippines-16-november-2016-philippines-reliefweb.md) | +2.5% | +3.3% |
| 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 | 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% |

## Sources

- reliefweb.int: https://reliefweb.int/report/zimbabwe/giews-country-brief-zimbabwe-18-october-2023

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