5.4M
Out of 16.6 million Malawians, approximately 5.4 million people in Malawi face Moderate or Severe chronic food insecurity (IPC CFI Levels 3 and 4) due to abject poverty and recurrent shocks, among other drivers.
Overview
Approximately 5.4 million people in Malawi living in rural
and secondary urban centres are facing Moderate or Severe
chronic food insecurity (IPC CFI Levels 3 and 4) due to abject
poverty and recurrent shocks, among other drivers. The
February Malawi IPC Chronic Food Insecurity (CFI) analysis
found that an additional estimated 4.4 million people face
Mild food insecurity, whilst approximately 6.9 million people
face No/Minimal chronic food insecurity. Chronic food
insecurity in Malawi, where over 70% of the population of
about 19.1 million people is living below the international
poverty line of $1.90/day, is driven by abject poverty,
recurrent shocks, poor policies and implementation as well
as reliance on weak livelihood strategies.
The report recommends medium to long-term interventions
to address the structural causes of chronic food insecurity
are necessary, particularly for the country’s most vulnerable
populations, including subsistence farmers, the elderly,
female-headed households and others. Overall for the
country, most districts were classified as IPC CFI Level 3
(Moderate), whilst two districts, Nkhatabay and Likoma
were classified as IPC CFI Level 2 (Mild). On the whole,
most Northern and Central Regions districts were classified
as Moderate CFI (Level 3). However, of major concern are
districts in the Southern Region, which have the highest
proportion of the population classified as being in IPC CFI
Level 4 (Severe). This is followed by the Central Region.
The districts in the Northern Region had the lowest total
population classified as being in IPC CFI Level 4. Balaka,
Nsanje and Chikwawa Districts in the Southern Region were
classified overall as IPC CFI Level 4.
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