Madagascar's partners, including the UK government, are working to provide food support to food insecure people in the southern part of the island. They have granted £2 million, or about $2.16 million, to Madagascar to be managed by the World Food Programme, or WFP, to support the population in the south.

It is estimated that up to 1,900,000 people are acutely malnourished in the south and south-east of the island. 1,000,000 people will be helped by WFP during the summer season from November to April 2023, requiring up to $61,000,000.

There is already a big project to be done in the southern region to combat the drought. Many efforts are being made and some of them are in collaboration with WFP, said Agriculture and Livestock Minister Ramilison Harifidy. There are partnerships led by the government. The aim is to ensure that the people in the south of the island and the Malagasy people have food.

Crops adapted to the climate of the southern region are already being grown. These include sorghum and millet, in addition to the crops that the villagers have been used to growing since then. Earlier this year, seeds were distributed so that villagers could plant and harvest the crops, and the harvest has been satisfactory. Minister Ramilison Harifidy said the ministry is preparing strategies to deal with the possibility of reduced rainfall this year.