NEWS: SA maize crop down a third - food shortage fears

Johannesburg - Southern Africa faces possible food shortages over the next few months due to a severe drought in the "maize belt" of South Africa, where a lack of rain had caused crop failure rates of over 50%, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Monday.



In South Africa, the WFP said maize production was estimated to have dropped by a third compared with last year, putting it on track for a harvest of 9.665 million tons, its worst in eight years.

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