Last update: August 12, 202415, 2024

This page contains information about some of the data available in the FEWS NET Data Explorer (FDE) for Zimbabwe. This is not a comprehensive guide.

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Summary table

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Details	ISO 3166-1 codes	Alpha 2: ZW, Alpha 3: ZWE, Numeric: 716
Administrative units	8 provinces, 56-90 districts, >1,500 wards, communal areas
Agriculture seasons	Main season (Nov-April), winter season (May-Sep)
Major crops	Wheat, maize, tobacco, cotton, coffee, and tea

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Other admin units: Communal lands/areas are key statistical reporting units with definite boundaries. They are often comprised of multiple wards, but always fall within a single district. In a few cases, an entire district is comprised of communal lands (e.g. UMP, Nkayi). Communal lands are not an admin 4 unit. They are an administrative structure that co-exists with wards and districts. They are represented in crop estimates both as a sector and as administrative/geographic units.

Crop data

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Crop estimate data sources

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The Year corresponds to the year of harvest, in April, and is often denoted as YYYY=XXXX/YYYY, e.g., a two-year notation of the harvest of April 2021 is 2020/2021.

Methodology

Crop estimates are made at the district and communal land level by local agricultural authorities. They are passed up the hierarchy of administrative units to the provincial and then national levels where they are approved. 

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