Joachim De Weerdt

Aug 21, 2024 | theconversation.com | Anna Weekes |Natasha Joseph |Channing Arndt |James Thurlow |Jan Duchoslav |Joachim De Weerdt | +6 more

Southern Africa’s worst drought in years has destroyed crops of the staple food, maize, across the region. Malawi, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho and Namibia have all been affected by the drought. Crop failures in South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe – the largest maize producers in southern Africa – have destabilised food security in the whole region.

Jun 3, 2024 | phys.org | Joachim De Weerdt |Jan Duchoslav

Malawi is heading towards a severe food crisis later this year. Drought brought on by the El Niño weather pattern has affected the harvest of maize, the staple food grown by nine out of 10 farming households in the country.

Jun 2, 2024 | theconversation.com | Joachim De Weerdt |Jan Duchoslav

Malawi is heading towards a severe food crisis later this year. Drought brought on by the El Niño weather pattern has affected the harvest of maize, the staple food grown by nine out of 10 farming households in the country. The government declared a state of disaster in March as the country entered its dry season with very low food stocks.

Jan 29, 2024 | phys.org | Joachim De Weerdt

Maize is the preferred staple of most of southern Africa. In Malawi it supplies two-thirds of national calorie intake. Nine out of 10 farming households produce maize and devote over 70% of their land to growing it. Most farming households are vulnerable to the rainfall patterns.

Jan 28, 2024 | theconversation.com | Joachim De Weerdt |Channing Arndt |James Thurlow |Jan Duchoslav |Joseph W. Glauber |Liangzhi You | +1 more

Maize is the preferred staple of most of southern Africa. In Malawi it supplies two-thirds of national calorie intake. Nine out of 10 farming households produce maize and devote over 70% of their land to growing it. Most farming households are vulnerable to the rainfall patterns. Over 90% of farming households in the country rely solely on rain to irrigate their maize plants.