Vendors waving long skewers of roasted field mice typically stand along Malawi's main highway, targeting motorists travelling between the two largest cities, Blantyre and Lilongwe.
For mice hunter Bernard Simeon, from Malawi's central Ntcheu district, the pandemic has brought new complexities to his poverty-stricken life. The scheme was meant to start in June, but last week the government said roll-out logistics were still being finalised. "We have been encouraging a diet of all food groups, especially in this time of coronavirus which attacks people with low immunity," said Francis Nthalika, nutrition coordinator at a government-run health office in the Balaka district.Environmentalists, however, have voiced concern about damage caused by hunting methods as demand increases.
"Much as we appreciate that they have to sustain a livelihood due to poverty, the bushfire issue is a long-term destruction," he said.
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