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COUNTRY:        MALAWI
ORIGINE:        FAO
TITLE:  SPECIAL REPORT FAO/WFP CROP AND FOOD SUPPLY ASSESSMENT MISSION TO 
MALAWI
DATE:           9 June 2003
OVERVIEW:       Maize is the preferred staple of the vast majority of 
Malawians, and a lack of maize is generally interpreted as a lack of food. 
A number of factors, including a reasonably good harvest in 2003, high 
levels of maize stocks on hand and current low market prices for maize, all 
point to a better cereal supply position in Malawi during the 2003/04 
marketing year than was the case the previous year. Nevertheless, as a 
precautionary measure following the food crisis of the past two years, the 
Government of Malawi requested that FAO and WFP carry out an assessment of 
the food situation in the country. Accordingly, an FAO/WFP Crop and Food 
Supply Assessment Mission visited Malawi on 6-26 April 2003. The Mission's 
objectives were to assess the country's 2002/03 crop production, estimate 
the levels of existing food stocks, review the overall food supply 
situation and draw up a national food balance sheet. Officials from the 
Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (MAI) accompanied the Mission, while 
representatives of the Famine Early Warning System (FEWS-NET) participated 
as observers.