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Swaziland: The future looks better but the need is now
MBABANE: Goods rain, after years of drought, promises a better harvest for Swaziland in the next few months, but right now urban Swazis are struggling with soaring food prices in the shops.
"It's one step forward, but one step backward," said Amy Dlamini, a food aid worker at a briefing of humanitarian officials last week by the Swaziland Vulnerability Assessment Committee.
The committee's preliminary results suggest better crop yields will strike tens of thousands off the food aid register, but this will be counterbalanced by the worsening nutritional security of the urban poor due to higher food prices.
