The Bunda Grant Scheme (BGS) is a mentorship program funded by USAID Malawi wherein IFPRI researchers support promising young master's students at Bunda College, Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) to refine and publish their research. IFPRI researchers offer the scholars technical input on their research and a forum in which they can present and receive practical feedback from prominent practitioners in government and development agencies. Students are also supported to submit their papers for publication in the Working Paper series.
Below are the published BGS Working Papers.
2019/20 cohort
- Consumer choices and demand for Tilapia in urban Malawi. What are the complementarities and trade-offs? MaSSP Working Paper 31 (BGS participant: Christopher T. M. Chikowi, 2019)
- Determinants of Children's Nutritional Status in Malawi. MaSSP Working Paper 36 (BGS participant: Lemekezani K. Chilora, 2020)
2016/17 cohort
- Market participation of smallholder common bean producers in Malawi, MaSSP Working Paper 21 (BGS participant: Yanjanani Lifeyo, 2017)
- The Impact of a Farmer Business School Program on Incomes of Smallholder Farmers: Insights from Central Malawi, MaSSP Working Paper 23 (BGS participant: Joanna Chilemba, 2018)
2014/15 cohort
- The impact of Malawi's farm income diversification programme on household welfare: Empirical evidence from eleven districts, MaSSP Working Paper 20 (BGS participant: Cuthbert Chirwa, 2015)
- Consumer choice of dry common beans in Malawi: The Case of Lilongwe City, MaSSP Working Paper 19 (BGS participant: Marynia Mazunda, 2015)
2013/14 cohort
- The role of transaction costs in contract farming in smallholder agriculture: Evidence from tobacco contract farming in Kasungu District, MaSSP Working Paper 18 (BGS participant: Abel Shaba, 2014)
- Household resilience to drought: The case of Salima District in Malawi, MaSSP Working Paper 14 (BGS participant: Taonga Banda, 2014)
2012/13 cohort
- Modeling potential impacts of future climate change in Mzimba District Malawi, 2040-2070, MaSSP Working Paper 8 (BGS participant: Arthur Chibwana Gama, 2013)
- Spatial price integration among selected bean markets in Malawi: A threhold autoregressive model approach, MaSSP Working Paper 7 (BGS participant: Wezzie Mtumbuka, 2013)
- The determinants and extent of crop diversification among smallholder farmers: A case study of Southern Province, Zambia, MaSSP Working Paper 5 (BGS participant: Kiru Sichoongwe, 2013)
- Does irrigation have an impact on food security and poverty? Evidence from Bwanje Valley Irrigation Scheme in Malawi, MaSSP Working Paper 4 (BGS participant: Rudolf Khata, 2013)
