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Ongoing conflict-related market access restrictions will continue to affect food security in five zones in Somali Region" from October to December 2008, predicts Famine Early Warning Systems Network in an outlook report.

USAid's Famine Early Warning Systems Network has said Zimbabwe needs to import more that 700,000 tons of cereals by then.

MARCH ZIMBABWE The Famine Early Warning Systems network predicts malnutrition and related illness to peak this month, before the coming harvests: 5.

Dubbed a "silent famine" by the United Nations, potential need was broadcast in 1997 through the famine early warning system.

According to the Famine Early Warning system used by international aid agencies, the region would need at least three million tonnes of food aid before early 2003, to make up for crop shortfalls.

But the "sluggish" response from Europe - aside from bilateral French and German contributions totaling about $3 million for Kenya - has meant malnutrition rates in the Horn of Africa continue to rise, according to the Famine Early Warning System, a U.

A project called the Famine Early Warning System exemplifies the value of collecting and correlating long-term data from diverse sources to study a regional problem.