Malawi used to be self-sufficient in food-stuffs, but the more than 700,000 refugees that have swarmed into the country from Mozambique since 1986, along with crop damage from insects and insufficient rainfall, have led to a shortage of grain.
以往糧食多能自給自足的馬國，在一九八六年以來，因七十多萬名莫三鼻克難民的湧入，再加上蟲害、雨量不足等因素，導致缺糧。