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The corn crop in the village had failed because of drought and local residents began scavenging for whatever they could find. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/AFRICAFOOD11.jpg Food Insecurity ZAMBIA A tin of scavenged roots will make a meal. The roots must be boiled before eating since they are capable of poisoning poeple if not. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/AFRICAFOOD13.jpg Food Insecurity ZAMBIA In remote villages in Zambia food aid could take days to arrive. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/AFRICAFOOD15.jpg Food Insecurity MALAWI A girl waits to have her health checked by doctors while waiting for food aid at a rural clinich in Malawi. 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Food aid is critical to the survival of many in southern Africa when crops fail. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/AFRICAFOOD05.jpg Food Insecurity MALAWI Boys watch the arrival of food at a distribution point. Food aid is critical to the survival of many in southern Africa when crops fail. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/AFRICAFOOD07.jpg Food Aid ZAMBIA A truck bearing food aid from the World Food Program in unloaded in Zambia. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec0c61923/images/AFRICAFOOD08.jpg Food Insecurity MALAWI Corn kernels lie on a truck bed after fallng from their bags. 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