Most Malawians are being priced out of healthy food, with new global data revealing a dramatic surge in the cost of nutritious diets — pushing families towards increasingly unhealthy eating habits. FAO warns that while healthy diets are essential for child development, public health and long‑term livelihoods, unhealthy eating patterns are now entrenched across the world — and Malawi is no exception. Farmers Union of Malawi president Maness Nkhata says the country’s maize‑heavy policies have starved other nutritious foods of investment. “The supply of these foods has remained limited, contributing to high prices and making healthy diets unaffordable,” she said. Malawi’s inability to afford healthy food is no longer just a food‑security issue — it is becoming a nutrition and public‑health emergency, especially for children and vulnerable families.