Malawi: Paper Says 'Embarrasing' That 3.3 Million People Food Insecure As Malawi Maize Output Down

28 August 2018

Malawi's leading daily newspaper has passed its verding that food insecurity report by the Malawi Vulnerability Assessment Committee (MVAC) is "embarrasing" following decreased production of the country's staple food, maize by 24.5 percent.

The decreased food production is attributed to damage caused by drought , crop-eating armyworms and reduction in hectrage due to price disincentives.

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