The double-whammy could leave hundreds of thousands of people without a secure source of food while simultaneously robbing them of their income, the agency said.
Rice is the basic food for most of Madagascar's people.
Malnutrition will make people more vulnerable to illness, exacerbating serious health problems. And the loss of cash crops like bananas and coffee takes away people's livelihood at the same time. The floods here have created a spiral of disaster. Some 12,000 people remain completely isolated by flooding. We didn't wait for the assessment missions.