Malawi…… a success story for the whole world. From starvation to food surplus

Malawi  a country in south-central Africa, with a population of approximately 11 million people. Malawi is the sixth poorest country in the world.

In 2002 and again in 2005, the country was hit by a severe drought which resulted in food shortages and deadly hunger. Around one third of the population was left severely malnourished. People were dying of starvation. The government was forced to import expensive corn and appeal to neighboring countries for food.

After this crisis of  2005, the Malawian government launched a bold and costly program to take country out of this hunger. They introduced a scheme which cost the government a huge sum of $60 million. They provided the high-tech seeds & fertilizer to the farmers with small land holdings at 15% of the market price. All major donors to the country de motivated the government for the such a huge subsidy, but the government ignored all advices.

At the time of the launch of this program farmers were given small share of these fertilizers & seeds enough to cultivate their small piece of lands and when the harvest time came, they had a bumper crop which was not only sufficient for their family but they have surplus to sell in the market. So now they no longer are thinking about the empty stomachs of their children but they are now sending their children back to school.

This Model will not work everywhere but it’s a good example for the world……

Unitedworld Executive.