In view of a wide diversity of research findings and changing socio-political conditions since the FISP started eight years ago, the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) in collaboration with the Malawi Strategy Support Program (MaSSP) International Food Policy research Institute (IFPRI) and several collaborating partners is organizing a one and a half […]
Upcoming Launch of AgStats Strategic Master Plan
The agricultural statistics sub-sector has developed ‘The Agricultural Statistics Strategic Master Plan (SMP)’ in order to improve integration, coordination, harmonization, and implementation of agricultural statistics in Malawi. The SMP, to be formally launched soon, is expected to guide improvements in the quality, standards, accuracy, reliability, timely release, and accessibility of agricultural statistics. In addition, it […]
Growth, Poverty and Nutrition Linkages and the Role of FISP
Since its inception in 2005/06 Malawi’s Farm Input Subsidy Program (FISP) has been at the center of national and global interest. After its initial success in transforming Malawi from a food insecure country to a surplus producer of maize, many African countries have followed suit, modeling their own input subsidy programs on the FISP. However, in […]
2-Part Training: Developing and Mapping Food Security and Nutrition Indicators
MaSSP will hold a two-part training course in Lilongwe on April 7-11 and 14-17. The course prepares participants to use Malawi’s third integrated household survey (IHS3) data to develop indicators of food security, nutrition, and poverty using Stata® software and then displaying the indicators in geospatial maps of Malawi using ArcGIS® mapping software. This course is […]
Unleashing Agriculture’s Potential for Improved Health and Nutrition in Malawi
On September 26-27, 2011, IFPRI together with the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (MoAFS) and supported by USAID and Irish Aid, held the conference "Unleashing Agriculture's Potential for Improved Health and Nutrition in Malawi" at the Crossroads Hotel in Lilongwe, Malawi, that brought together key players on agriculture, nutrition and health to unleash the […]
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