IFPRI Malawi on the 5th of May 2021 held a virtual discussion of the recently launched Global Food Policy Report (GFPR), IFPRI’s flagship publication. The report which reviews major food policy issues, developments, and decisions of the previous year, focuses on the critical lessons learned in the COVID-19 pandemic and on opportunities for transforming our […]
Event Recap: Urban proximity, demand for land and land shadow prices in Malawi
African cities are growing rapidly This growth can be attributed to the increase in population from natural births within cities and migration of people from rural areas in search of better job opportunities. The increase in urban population has led to an expansion of urban boundaries into peri-urban and rural areas, And the associated increase […]
Event Recap: Understanding the factors that influence cereal legume adoption amongst smallholder farmers in Malawi
This study was done as part of the DeSIRA (Developing Smart Innovations for Research in Agriculture) program funded by the European Union. At an IFPRI virtual brown bag seminar held on the 24th of March, Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST) Research Fellow, Tabitha C. Nindi, presented a study that explored why in […]
Event recap: Exploring User-Centered Counseling in Contraceptive Decision-Making: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Urban Malawi
In family planning, the provision of services is often a bidirectional process; clients have preferences for the contraceptives that they want, while providers seek to guide clients to achieve those preferences. This describes the urban Malawi setting, where family planning counselling usually involves group counselling followed by individual counselling. As part of this process, counsellors […]
Event recap: Promoting Participation in Value Chains for Oilseeds and Pulses in Malawi
Increased commercialization of agricultural production by smallholder farmers is important for the potential second round economic development benefits for their communities. By increasing production and income from the sale of their crops, smallholder farmers increase their demand for the goods, services and labor that can be supplied by their neighbors. This may expand local non-farm […]
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