Famine Information

This article contains a lot of information about the present state of Malawi. Their government is planning on spending 80 million on fertilizer, which is great for the future but will obviously not affect the present food shortages. The article states that, falling agricultural output is set to slow economic growth in Malawi to just under three percent in 2005 from 4,6 percent last year, bad news for a country where more than three-quarters of the population live on less than $1 a day.
This is the trap. A poor agricultural nation like Malawi can't rise out of poverty when famine strips away any progress made in earlier years. Africa needs intense support so that economies can grow, diversify, and support people as intended.