Amid maize bumper harvests in Malawi, food insecurity reigns (World Bank Blogs)

World Bank Blogs published an article stating that although Malawi produced abundant maize in the past years (along with other crops), food insecurity continues to linger. In 2018, 3.3 million Malawians were food insecure, 1.8 million in 2019, and 2.6 million anticipated in 2020. Food security needs to be understood from its basic parameters of availability, access, utilization, and stability; food availability is beyond maize production, but it includes dietary requirements; access to foods is not only dependent on production, but also the ability to purchase foods from the market to ensure a healthy diet. (IFPRI-Malawi estimated that 72% of the farmers in Malawi rely on the market to buy maize); stability of foods entails having enough nutritious foods that can be available all the time to assure diversified diets.