Why Madagascar is going hungry
Climate change, covid-19 and bad governance all play a role
THE PEOPLE of southern Madagascar are in peril. More than 1.1m of them are going hungry, according to the UN. More than 500,000 children under the age of five are at risk of being acutely malnourished. Many families are eking out their meagre diets with cactus. And the suffering is due to increase with the start of the “lean season”, the hungry months before the next harvest.
This article appeared in the Leaders section of the print edition under the headline “Why Madagascar is going hungry”
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