Compounding stresses confront rural households in southern Malawi

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dc.creatorUpton, Joanna
dc.creatorDuchoslav, Jan
dc.creatorTennant, Elizabeth
dc.date2024-02
dc.date2024-02-15T15:18:29Z
dc.date2024-02-15T15:18:29Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:39:38Z
dc.descriptionSouthern Malawi has historically been less food secure than the rest of the country, and the current lean season will be no different. The Malawi Vulnerability Assessment Committee expects 2,460,000 people in the Southern Region (29% of its population) to require humanitarian assistance at the peak of the lean season in February and March 2024, compared to 1,560,000 people in the Central Region (18% of its population) and 388,000 people in the Northern Region (15% of its population) (MVAC 2023). The Southern Region is home to 44% of Malawi’s population, but to 56% of those in need of humanitarian assistance. More people in the Southern Region are in danger of going hungry in the coming months than in the Central and Northern regions combined. But who are these people, what is behind their vulnerability, and what does the future have in store for them?
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/139431
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/110897
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceUpton, Joanna; Duchoslav, Jan; and Tennant, Elizabeth. 2024. Compounding stresses confront rural households in southern Malawi. MaSSP Policy Note 52. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/139431
dc.subjectfood security
dc.subjecthouseholds
dc.subjectmaize
dc.subjectdata
dc.subjectprices
dc.subjectcyclones
dc.subjectcrop production
dc.titleCompounding stresses confront rural households in southern Malawi
dc.typeBrief

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