How can Malawi’s trade and export policies on agricultural products best support dual goals of food security and growth in the agriculture sector? Exploring this important topic, IFPRI presented research results at a “Dissemination Workshop on Export Bans and Minimum Farm Gate Prices Study” organized by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), at the […]
FSP Research Paper 17: Crop suitability maps and an agricultural zonation scheme for Malawi
Although relatively small, Malawi is a country with significant agro-ecological diversity. In consequence, generations of Malawian farmers have developed a variety of quite complex farming systems to exploit distinct combinations of local agricultural resources. An important implication of this variety of farming systems is that the comparative advantage of different areas of Malawi for the production […]
Discussion Paper 1549: A Farm Level Perspective of the Policy Challenges for Export Diversification in Malawi: Example of the Oilseeds and Maize Sectors
The primary goal of this study was to investigate the potential to expand oilseeds, specifically soybean, as an alternative commercial crop to tobacco among Malawian farmers. A principal motivation for undertaking the study at the microeconomic level is to determine, in a theoretically consistent fashion, the type of policy and economic environment under which farmers begin […]
Special seminar by Prof. David Canning: The Demographic Dividend in Africa: Does it Apply to Malawi?
On 5 August 2016 IFPRI-Malawi held a special seminar by Professor David Canning (Professor of Population Science and Professor of Economic & Public Health at Harvard University’s Chan School of Public Health) entitled “The Demographic Dividend in Africa: Does it apply to Malawi?” Professor Canning presented on the components of population growth, new views on […]
Malawi Land Symposium Event: Report available
The National Land Symposium on “Complexities of Land Issues in Malawi and their Implications for Agricultural Commercialization” is one of the activities carried out under the policy communication component of the New Alliance Policy Acceleration Support: Malawi Project (NAPAS: Malawi). The symposium was held on 20 April 2016 at the Bingu International Conference Center in […]
