El Niño: Malawi’s harvest of maize – its staple food – may fall by 22.5% this year
El Niño: Malawi’s harvest of maize – its staple food – may fall by 22.5% this year: Maize is the preferred staple of most of southern Africa. In Malawi it supplies two-thirds of national calorie intake. Nine out of 10 farming households produce maize and devote over 70% of their land to growing it. Most …
