The baseline survey was conducted in Nsanje and Ntcheu districts where CARE is implementing an El Nino response project for a period of one year. These two are some of the districts in Malawi that have heavily been affected by dry spells caused by the El Nino winds. It is estimated that 52,139 and 51,105 households will have no food of their own in Nsanje and Ntcheu respectively. The baseline was carried out to establish the basis for measuring the project intervention’s achievements.