As countries around the globe prepare for the future implications and challenges climate change may cause, some African countries are already dealing with the results. Smallholder farmers have been seeing rising temperatures and experiencing mass crop failure in Malawi. A few years ago, a leader and an example to follow in agriculture, Malawi is now suffering through the worst drought in thirty years. Malawi has experienced widespread crop failures due to a devastatingly strong El Niño. The country witnessed a late onset of rains, erratic rainfall, floods and prolonged dry spells. As a result, the production of maize - the country's main staple crop - is estimated at just over 2.5 million tonnes in 2016. This is 16 per cent lower than the reduced harvest in 2015 and 34 per cent below the previous five year average. It has left 39 per cent of the population dependent on national and international food aid to survive While the effects are being shown first in Africa it is also the place where action is most urgent. Around 70 percent of the population in Africa are dependent on rain-fed, smallholder agriculture, and the ever changing climate is putting their security in jeopardy. Source - allafrica.com