The conversation published an article by Joachim De Weerdt and Jan Duchoslav. The article discusses Malawi's impending severe food crisis due to a drought caused by the El Niño weather pattern, which has drastically reduced the harvest of maize, the country's staple food. The government declared a state of disaster, and President Lazarus Chakwera stated that $447 million in aid is needed to import food, enhance dry season production, and improve future drought resilience. The article argues that it is too late to make up for the production short fall during the dry season, so the only way to ensure that Malawians have enough food to eat this year is to import it.
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