ABSTRACT: A growing literature uses the cost of diets to evaluate how effectively a food system supports access to nutritious foods. We identify baseline levels, nutrient drivers, and potential policy-induced changes in the feasibility and cost of meeting nutrient requirements for whole households based on aggregate needs in rural Malawi from 2013 – 2017. We […]
Roundtable Discussion: Key Drivers of the Fertilizer Prices Surge and Policy Options
Background Recently, the country's mainstream media has been awash with a myriad of stories surrounding the surge in inorganic fertilizer prices on both local and international market. the price surge has been historical and agricultural experts fear the worst regarding Malawi's ability to produce enough maize for the next consumption period. the August 2021 […]
Virtual Brown Bag: 22 September, 2021: Poverty impacts of maize export bans in Zambia
Abstract Since Amartya Sen's famous work on Poverty and Famines, economists have understood that the impacts of food market shocks on the poor depend much more on their impacts on households’ incomes and access to food than on overall food availability, and that availability-based policies frequently exacerbate adverse impacts on household welfare. Perhaps because […]
Virtual Brown Bag: 13 October, 2021: Soil Health and Grain Yield Impacts of Climate Resilient Agriculture Projects: Evidence from Southern Malawi
Abstract CONTEXT: Climate resilient agriculture (CRA) projects like watershed restoration efforts can enhance agricultural systems’ resilience to climate change and extreme weather shocks by improving soil health and grain yields in vulnerable communities. One such project, Wellness and Agriculture for Life Advancement (WALA) implemented watershed restoration across eight districts in southern Malawi from 2009 to […]
Journal Article- Earned and Unearned Income: Experimental Evidence on Expenditure and Labor Supply in Malawi
Questions related to how individuals treat different types of incomes, i.e. earned and unearned have a long history in economics and policy making. This study used a field experiment in Malawi to examine the differential short-term effect of earned and unearned income on the allocation of expenditure and labor supply, holding all other factors constant. […]
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