Compounding stresses confront rural households in southern Malawi

Southern 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...

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Autores principales: Upton, Joanna, Duchoslav, Jan, Tennant, Elizabeth
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2024
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/139431
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Duchoslav, Jan
Tennant, Elizabeth
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description Southern 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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spelling CGSpace1394312025-11-06T07:33:01Z Compounding stresses confront rural households in southern Malawi Upton, Joanna Duchoslav, Jan Tennant, Elizabeth food security households maize data prices cyclones crop production Southern 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? 2024-02 2024-02-15T15:18:29Z 2024-02-15T15:18:29Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/139431 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Upton, 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
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Tennant, Elizabeth
Compounding stresses confront rural households in southern Malawi
title Compounding stresses confront rural households in southern Malawi
title_full Compounding stresses confront rural households in southern Malawi
title_fullStr Compounding stresses confront rural households in southern Malawi
title_full_unstemmed Compounding stresses confront rural households in southern Malawi
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cyclones
crop production
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