At least two million Mozambicans are currently experiencing food insecurity, with 148,000 in need of “urgent humanitarian assistance”, the Government has announced.
The information was disclosed Tuesday by Inocêncio Impissa, spokesperson for Mozambique’s Council of Ministers, citing preliminary data from a post-rainy season food security assessment conducted in March and April. The survey covered 11 million people across 66 districts.
Of the 11 million citizens reached, 5.2 million have satisfactory levels of food security, four million have access to food but are at risk, and two million Mozambicans are in a situation of food insecurity, Impissa said.
“At least 148,000 people are in an emergency situation requiring urgent humanitarian assistance”, he added.
Mozambique Government, through the National Institute for Disaster Risk Management and Reduction (INGD) and its partners, is providing agricultural inputs and tools for the 2025–26 farming season. According to Impissa, the El Niño weather phenomenon has had a significant impact on agriculture and consequently on food insecurity, particularly in central Mozambique.
Mozambique is among the countries most severely hit by climate change, facing cyclical floods and tropical cyclones during the rainy season, from October to April, as well as prolonged periods of severe drought.
Between December and March, the country was hit by three cyclones, which destroyed thousands of homes and infrastructure and killed hundreds of people in the country.
