At an IFPRI Malawi virtual brown bag seminar held on 19th May 2021, Dr. Eva-Maria Egger, a UNU-Wider Research Fellow, presented a paper that posed the question “Does Connectivity Reduce Gender Gaps in Off-Farm Employment?”. The background to this paper comes from the recognition that despite there being evidence that wage employment for young women […]
Virtual Brown Bag – July 7, 2021: Disentangling Food Security from Subsistence Agriculture in Malawi- Book Launch
Abstract: Malawi’s many smallholders rely heavily on rainfed, low-input subsistence farming to meet their food needs. Yet for most rural Malawian households, subsistence agriculture cannot consistently produce enough food to ward off hunger. Nor can they rely on the country’s weak markets to buy additional food they may require or to profitably sell their agricultural […]
Issue Brief: CHARTING A PRODUCTIVE, SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR SMALL FARMS AMID FOOD SYSTEM TRANSFORMATION
Researchers discuss their UNFSS brief that synthesizes evidence about the future of small farms, and outlines policies to help farmers perform as an important role in agrifood system transformation.
Event Recap: Malawi Discussion of the Global Food Policy Report
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 […]
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