Silting of rivers in Malawi

The combination of drought and deforestation has reduced the Kasinthula Cane Growers’ (KCG) sugarcane yield by over 28 percent over the past year. Historically, the area where the KCG farmers live gets about 750mm of rain each year, although you need 2,500mm of water throughout a 12 month period to grow sugarcane properly. Over the past few years this amount has even decreased to 350mm of rain. The farmers have...