In an IFPRI Malawi brown bag research seminar on February 26, 2020 Rosemary Botha presented the findings of a recent IFPRI Malawi study, which analyzed whether providing better price information increases volumes sold through structured markets, sales prices, and farmers’ levels of commercialization.
Policy Note 36: Market Information and Access to Structured Markets by Small Farmers and Traders
This Policy Note summarizes Working Paper 33, which examines the impact of providing price information from a commodity exchange to small farmers and traders of maize and soybean in central Malawi. Using data from a panel survey of 399 farmers and 78 traders conducted before and after the main marketing season, and using kernel propensity […]
Experts gather for a BRACC resilience learning event
More than 65 representatives of implementing partners, government ministries and other actors working on resilience gathered for a one-and-a-half-day event on February 11 and 12 in Lilongwe, to explore the outcomes of the recently completed baseline survey for BRACC and to discuss the way forward for the impact evaluation and related learnings.
Event Recap – Parental Aspirations for Children’s Education: Is there a “Girl Effect”? Experimental Evidence from Rural Ethiopia
During our IFPRI Malawi brown bag research seminar on 13 February 2020, IFPRI Ethiopia’s Senior Research Fellow Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse, presented on the findings of an experiment among poor households in Ethiopia, which aimed to boost parents’ aspirations for a better future for their children through exposure to documentaries featuring local male and female role models.
IFPRI Malawi Maize Market Report January 2020
Fluctuations in the price of maize—Malawi’s most important staple crop—are a huge contributor to the country’s overall food security. Providing maize price information in markets throughout the country is a critical first step to understanding and improving food security in Malawi. The Monthly Maize Market Reports are developed by researchers at IFPRI Malawi, with the […]
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