The conversation published an article by Joachim De Weerdt and Jan Duchoslav. The article discusses Malawi's impending severe food crisis due to a drought caused by the El Niño weather pattern, which has drastically reduced the harvest of maize, the co... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program
The Population of Gaza is on the Brink of Famine
The food insecurity situation in the Gaza Strip is becoming increasingly dire. A recent blog of just 10 days ago and based on an assessment by the World Food Programme pointed out that during October and November, 80 percent of the population in Gaza w... Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office
El Niño: Malawi’s harvest of maize – its staple food – may fall by 22.5% this year (The Conversation)
The Conversation published an article by Joachim De Weerdt, Channing Arndt, James Thurlow, Jan Duchoslav, Joseph Glauber, Liangzhi You, and Weston Anderson. The article looked at possible weather pattern changes driven by El Niño – an unusual warming o... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program
2020 Global Report on Food Crises: 135 million in 55 countries faced acute hunger in 2019
An estimated 135 million people in 55 countries around the world faced acute levels of hunger in 2019, according to the 2020 Global Report on Food Crises, released April 20—the highest level of acute hunger seen since the report’s 2017 inception. In 20... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program
Global Report on Food Crises mid-year update tracks world’s food insecurity hotspots
This blog is cross-posted from the IFPRI website and was originally written by Sara Gustafson. For the past three years, the number of people around the world in urgent need of food and nutrition assistance has remained above 100 million, according to ... Source: Malawi Strategy Support Program
