Malawians Worry About Expected Food Shortage

A final agricultural production estimate survey in Malawi forecasts many people will face acute food shortages this year due to low yields of the country's main staple, maize (corn), largely because of recent flooding. Private traders are holding maize in anticipation of selling it at higher prices during the hunger crisis. But the government has asked Malawians not to panic. Malawi’s Agriculture Minister, Allan Chiyembekeza, presented the report’s findings in the capital,...

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