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Cover 1 Title Page, Copyright, Further Series Titles, Acknowledgements, About the Authors 2 Contents 6 List of Tables 7 List of Figures 8 1. Introduction 9 2. Urbanization in Malawi 10 3. Methodology 14 4. Household Characteristics 18 5. Food Sources and Food Purchasing Patterns 22 6. Household Food Insecurity 30 7. Conclusion 37 Endnotes 38 References 40 Back cover 46 Publisher:African Books Collective,Published:2017,ISBN:9781920597252,Related ISBN:9781920597245,Language:English,OCLC:1009361133 Although there is widespread food availability in urban areas across the Global South, it is not correlated with universal access to adequate amounts of nutritious foods. This report is based on a household survey conducted in 2015 in six low-income informal areas in Malawi’s capital city, where three-quarters of the population live in informal settlements. Understanding the dimensions of household food insecurity in these neighbourhoods is critical to sustainable and inclusive growth in Lilongwe. The survey findings provide a complementary perspective to the 2008 AFSUN survey conducted in Blantyre, which suggested a level of food security in urban Malawi that was probably more typical of p

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Author

Chilanga, Emmanuel; Riley, Liam

Publisher

African Books Collective;Chilanga, Emmanuel, Riley, Liam, Southern African Migration Programme

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9781920597252

Category

nonfiction