From the Warm Heart of Africa

From the Warm Heart of Africa

For the past two weeks I have been in Malawi, “the warm heart of Africa” working on a five-year food security framework for a client. I was last here in 1999 for work and quite a lot has changed. Certainly, the changes in both Lilongwe and Blantyre are evident....

The elusive goal of food security

Food security is an elusive goal for many of the world’s poorest countries. There seems to be a “two steps forward, two steps back” scenario constantly in play. If it’s not a multi-year drought or disastrous hurricane, then it’s a coup d’etat, civil war, increase in...