CERF allocates $ 545,000 to respond to Red Locus outbreak in Malawi

20 April 2009: CERF has allocated $545,000 to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to preserve food security and livelihoods of rural populations and to mitigate further damage to the already fragile agricultural production in Malawi. (This project is one part of a regional allocation of $1.9 million to address Red Locus outbreak in Central and Southern Africa.)

The number of households running out of own-produced food continued to increase and high maize prices put families at risk of food insecurity, particularly in the southern region as result of low production in Malawi.  It is estimated that about 674,000 people require food aid assistance. Particularly the communities in the southern areas are vulnerable to the current Red Locust outbreak areas.

[last update: 14 September 2009]