This blog is cross-posted from by the IFPRI website and was written by Channing Arndt and Claudia Ringler. Cyclone Idai struck Beira, the fourth largest city in Mozambique, in mid-March with torrential rains and winds of more than 190 km per hour. It took days for the sheer size of the resulting disaster to be understood. >> Read more Source: Malawi Strategy Support Program
Cyclone Idai Floods and their Impact on Food Security in Malawi
Cyclone Idai has brought destruction to parts of Mozambique, Malawi, and Zimbabwe in what could become one of the worst weather-related disasters to hit the Southern Hemisphere in this decade. Hundreds have died and as many as 600,000 people have been displaced, according to the World Food Programme. On March 5, ten days before making >> Read more Source: Malawi Strategy Support Program