MASERU, Oct. 15 -- United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator office in Lesotho has published a report on the drought situation update in Lesotho which shows massive 508, 125 figure of food insecure people for consumption year 2019/20.

According to the report 348, 401 people in the rural areas are in phase 3 (crisis) emergency food security situation Integrated Phase Classification (IPC), 71,087 people in IPC 4 in the rural areas and 74,715 are also affected in the urban areas.

The report covers the period from May 3rd to October 8th 2019. According to the report April to September 2019 was characterized by below normal rains for some parts of the country- impacting negatively on winter harvest and rangelands. Rangelands deter...