Written by: Laura Leavens, Kate Ambler, Sylvan Herskowitz, Mywish Maredia, and Jonathan Mockshell In response to the pandemic, on March 20th, 2020, the Malawian government declared a state of disaster. Three days later, the government closed schools. The first cases were confirmed on April 2nd; a week later, the government announced several containment measures, including, […]
Event Recap: From Bad to Worse: Poverty Impacts for Food Availability Responses to Weather Shocks
Following the 2015–2016 El Niño phenomenon, a maize export ban was instituted in Zambia to increase food availability and supply in the country. In a virtual brown bag held on the 22nd of September 2021, IFPRI researchers Dr. Will Martin, Dr. Jawoo Koo, and Abdullah Mamun, presented the findings of their study on the impact […]
Event Recap: Roundtable Discussion on the Key Drivers of the Surge in Fertilizer Price
IFPRI Malawi together with the MwAPATA Institute recently organized a roundtable discussion to facilitate a conversation around the key drivers of the surge of fertilizer prices recently experience by Malawi and potential policy options available to the Government. This comes on the back of current discourse in the media on the same and with the […]
Event Recap: Book Launch ‘Disentangling Food Security from Subsistence Agriculture in Malawi’
At an online event on 7 July, IFPRI Senior Research Fellow Todd Benson launched his book entitled ‘Disentangling Food Security from Subsistence Agriculture in Malawi.’ The book outlines how Malawi can reduce its persistent food insecurity by moving away from a reliance on subsistence farming. His thesis is that subsistence production and inadequate food markets […]
Event Recap: A New Method for Monitoring Farmgate Prices in Malawi
Farmers, civil society organizations and government officials often accuse traders of exploitative behavior towards farmers by paying low prices for their produce and capturing most of the profit margin themselves. However, reliable information about farmgate prices is typically difficult to obtain in Malawi because smallholder farmers tend to make sales infrequently and informally. In a […]
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