Last week, IFPRI, with support from a multi-partner planning committee, held a high-level event to explore the evidence on best practices for improving the functionality of staple food markets. Evidence shows that issues of inflation and price seasonality can negatively impact food security and economic growth, but that there are policy solutions for addressing these challenges. The […]
Multi-sectoral event on agriculture, food security and nutrition linkages
The Malawi Strategy Support Program convened a multi-sectoral event on 28 April 2015 in Lilongwe, Malawi. The main objectives were to present the outcomes of the report "Mapping the Linkages between agriculture, food security and nutrition in Malawi," that reviews the conceptual and empirical linkages between agriculture, food security and nutrition in Malawi, and to discuss the implications […]
2015 ECAMA Research Symposium Call for Abstracts
We are pleased to announce the second annual research symposium of the Economics Association of Malawi and are calling for abstract submissions. Following on the success of the inaugural event in 2014, the 2015 ECAMA Research Symposium will focus on “Agricultural transformation and value chain development for sustainable economic development”, bringing together local and international […]
The Virtuous Food Security-Energy-Water Nexus: presentation of mid-term results
IFPRI will host a dissemination workshop on the Virtuous Food Security-Energy-Water Nexus in Malawi, at the Sunbird Capital Hotel in Lilongwe on Tuesday, November 4, 2014. Mid-term results will be presented from the project “Policies and institutions for achieving the virtuous Food Security-Energy-Water Nexus in sub-Saharan Africa: The case of Malawi”. The project is a […]
Inaugural ECAMA Research Symposium
The 2014 Inaugural Economics Association of Malawi (ECAMA) Research Symposium was successfully held from October 8th-10th at Golden Peacock Hotel, Lilongwe. The Symposium which was organized in partnership with International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) in Malawi was funded by the European Union. Over 85 participants took part in […]
