FOOD INSECURITY: Hunger Stalks Southern Africa.

B A chronic lack of rain is threatening mass hunger and ruin. b An invasion of crop-munching fall armyworm caterpillars has inflicted a further blow to food security in Malawi, where nearly 2m people have already been hit by drought, the government said on January 22nd. [Extracted from the article]

Copyright of Africa Research Bulletin: Economic, Financial & Technical Series is the property of Wiley-Blackwell and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)