Malawi Household Food Security Bulletin – Round 18

This is the 18th bulletin of WFP's Household Food Security Monitoring during COVID-19. This bulletin covers the period of mid-October to mid-November 2021. Survey data was collected from households spread across the country in response to COVID-19 monitoring and seasonal trends in food security using a call centre model.

Key take-aways from the analysis include:

• The food security situation in Malawi has remained stable between April and November, with almost all interviewed households across the country classified as having acceptable to borderline food consumption as they continue to consume from the 2021 harvest.
• The proportion of households who are employing the most severe consumption-based coping strategies has remained quite low from April, indicating a largely stable food security situation.
• Physical access to markets has increased slightly, likely due to a decrease in new COVID-19 cases coupled with the fact that rural households are still selling their produce from the recent harvest.