TABLE 2.

Impacts of climate change and variability in Mphampha Village – from key informant’s perspective.

Year	Event	Impact
1970s	Too little rainfall	Crops died; people who had money bought rice from Blantyre
1984	Too little rainfall	People survived on finger millet
1994	Too little rainfall	Crop failure, people survived on finger millet
2001	Erratic rainfall – rains just came twice throughout the season	Starvation, people survived on maize husks (madeya); many goats died
2006	Too much rainfall	Crops were damaged and harvest was poor