Interesting story. After being pushed for years to adhere to strict free-market policies with regard to agriculture (i.e., abandon subsidies, encourage the cultivation of cash drops, and use foreign exchange to import food), Malawi finally decided to ignore the advice of the World Bank and others and begin aggressively subsidizing inorganic fertilizer and seed for farmers raising food for domestic consumption. As a result they now have a surplus of food and child malnourishment has fallen sharply.