Malawi: Hunger Drives Acceptance of New Staples

13 November 2012

Farmers across Malawi, struggling to harvest sufficient staple crops of maize and rice in changing weather conditions, are turning to crops they had never previously considered for food.

"In (past) days, when we said food or a proper meal, we were referring to rice or thick porridge made from maize flour," said 53-year-old Fannie Kalua, a farmer from Rumphi in the country's north. "Even children felt they hadn't eaten if they did not have either of the two."

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