Some had even returned permanently to their farms. FEWS noted that the combination of large acreages being cultivated and good rains favoured increased crop output. In a press release, the head of the WFP Africa desk in Rome, Mohamed Zejjari, pointed out the agency was virtually the sole source of food for over one million people in the region. He said the three-month gap arose because of delays in deliveries of food to the region. WFP's representative in Tanzania warned that refugees there are particularly vulnerable to reduced rations because many are already in fragile health.
Continued reductions are extremely dangerous.