Ntumodzi, 50 km north of Lilongwe - Helen Mripe is devastated. Floods and erratic rainfall have rotted or damaged most of her 2002 harvest.

Instead of the 2.7 metric tonnes she usually harvests from her land, it has yielded only 300 kg -- barely enough to feed her family of eight children.

Copyright:
2002 WFP/W.Othman