El Niño event declared; impacts on countries in Southern Africa expected

IWMI and CIMMYT call for action as multiple climate prediction centers concur that this El Niño event will reach a “strong” category in the northern hemisphere by the winter of 2023-24.

The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) have called on policymakers and research-for-development organizations in Southern Africa, which includes Malawi, to take action to mitigate the possible impacts of the current developing El Niño event on small-scale farmers and rural communities and to keep tracking seasonal climate fluctuations.

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