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Global Food Roundup: Africa's Drought Impacts Global Food Trade – Bloomberg

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A vendor handles corn grain for sale at a market in the Mbare district of Harare, Zimbabwe, in March. 
A devastating El Niño-induced drought across a swath of southern Africa is sending ripples through global food trade.
Dry and hot weather in Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe has decimated corn crops, prompting the countries to declare a national state of disaster in recent months. South Africa, the region’s top producer, has seen its output slashed by at least a fifth.

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