Strong El Nino Impacts Over Malawi

Potential impacts include reduced maize and other crop yields, increased crop failure risk, reduced household income, and increased food insecurity and humanitarian needs. For instance, during 2023/2024 season maize production dropped by 22.7% as per Agricultural Production Estimate Survey. Consequently 4.2 million Malawians faced high acute food shortage as per Malawi Vulnerability assessment report of July 2024.