During a recent webinar, Bob Baulch and Rosemary Botha from IFPRI-Malawi presented the initial results of a SAM multiplier model study with Karl Pauw on the short-term economic impacts of COVID-19 in Malawi. The study considered two scenarios: (a) 2 months of social distancing (in April/May) plus external shocks over the second quarter; and (b) the proposed (but not implemented) 21-day lockdown plus social distancing and external shocks, each followed by either fast or slow lifting of restrictions during the rest of 2020.
Event post – COVID-19’s implications for food security, nutrition, and poverty
As the world continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, disruptions in economies, food systems, and public health are falling heavily on the global poor. IFPRI researchers explored these complex global and country-level implications at an April 14 online seminar.
Global Food Policy Report 2020 launch: Building inclusive food systems
IFPRI Event Post - cross-posted from the main IFPRI website
As the COVID-19 pandemic increasingly upends economies, efforts to improve food systems must continue.
Event Recap – Consumer Choices and Demand for Tilapia in Urban Malawi: What are the complementarities and trade-offs?
In an IFPRI Malawi brown bag research seminar on March 18, 2020 Christopher Chikowi, MSc student at the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR), presented on a recent study that analysed urban consumer choices and demand for two species of tilapia, Lake Malawi Oreochromis Nyasalapia, popularly known as Chambo, and Oreochromis Shiranus, known as Makumba, in unprocessed (fresh and fresh-frozen products) and processed (smoked and dried products) form.
Training on Poverty Mapping Methods for staff members of the National Statistical Office of Malawi
IFPRI Malawi organized a five-day poverty mapping methods training with statisticians from the NSO. The training took place from 24 to 28 February 2020 at IFPRI Malawi’s office in Lilongwe. Nicholas Minot, Deputy Division Director of IFPRI’s Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division, and Jack Thunde, Research Analyst at IFPRI Malawi, conducted the training, which was attended by 14 statisticians.
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