# Early action to protect and enhance the livelihoods of drought-affected smallholder farmers in Malawi against the lingering 2018/2019 El Niño event - Malawi | ReliefWeb

> An FAO early-action project with Belgian funding aims to help 22,000 at-risk people in Malawi cope with the lingering 2018/19 El Niño. Last season's dry spells and fall armyworm outbreak cut staple crop output, and the high probability of El Niño-driven dryness in 2018/19 threatens further losses. Vulnerable households are selling livestock cheaply and relying more on markets for food.

- Date: 2019-02-13 · published 2019-02-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Malawi · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/60533-early-action-to-protect-and-enhance-the-livelihoods-of-drought-affected
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Localized maize shortfalls in Malawi are too small to move world feed grain prices, though they add to regional food import needs. The story is mainly a humanitarian response.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2018-08-24 | [FAO and WFP concerned about the impact of drought on the most vulnerable in Central America - El Salvador \| ReliefWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63457-fao-and-wfp-concerned-about-the-impact-of-drought-on-the-most-vulnerable-in.md) | -0.9% | +0.4% |
| CORN | 2021-02-26 | [La Niña 2021 - Anticipatory Action for Food Security & Livelihoods in the Pacific Islands - Kiribati \| ReliefWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48538-la-nina-2021-anticipatory-action-for-food-security-and-livelihoods-in-the.md) | -1.0% | +4.7% |
| CORN | 2024-04-23 | [FAO/GIEWS Special Alert No. 352: Southern Africa El Niño-linked drought to cause cereal production declines and spur a surge in import needs, 23 April 2024 - Mozambique \| ReliefWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30654-fao-giews-special-alert-no-352-southern-africa-el-nino-linked-drought-to-cause.md) | -0.1% | +4.1% |
| CORN | 2023-08-07 | [El Niño: Anticipatory Action and Response Plan, August-December 2023 - Mitigating the expected impacts of El Niño-induced climate extremes on agriculture and food security - World \| ReliefWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34472-el-nino-anticipatory-action-and-response-plan-august-december-2023-mitigating.md) | -0.9% | -2.9% |
| CORN | 2024-06-25 | [A Tale Of Two Crops: Farmers Struggle Against Flooding And Drought - AgWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13178-a-tale-of-two-crops-farmers-struggle-against-flooding-and-drought-agweb.md) | -4.9% | -2.5% |
| SOY | 2021-02-26 | [La Niña 2021 - Anticipatory Action for Food Security & Livelihoods in the Pacific Islands - Kiribati \| ReliefWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48538-la-nina-2021-anticipatory-action-for-food-security-and-livelihoods-in-the.md) | +0.7% | +0.6% |
| SOY | 2023-08-07 | [El Niño: Anticipatory Action and Response Plan, August-December 2023 - Mitigating the expected impacts of El Niño-induced climate extremes on agriculture and food security - World \| ReliefWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34472-el-nino-anticipatory-action-and-response-plan-august-december-2023-mitigating.md) | -3.0% | -6.1% |
| SOY | 2024-06-25 | [A Tale Of Two Crops: Farmers Struggle Against Flooding And Drought - AgWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13178-a-tale-of-two-crops-farmers-struggle-against-flooding-and-drought-agweb.md) | -1.3% | -4.9% |

## Sources

- reliefweb.int: https://reliefweb.int/report/malawi/early-action-protect-and-enhance-livelihoods-drought-affected-smallholder-farmers

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