“What do we know about the relative merits of providing assistance in the form of food or cash in developing countries? asked Daniel Gilligan, Deputy Division Director of the Poverty, Health and Nutrition Division, IFPRI, Washington DC to start his presentation on February 12, 2019. Many studies provide evidence on the impact of food or […]
Towards a capacity-based resilience building for social cash transfer beneficiaries in Malawi
By design, Social Cash Transfer programs (SCTP) in Malawi target the poorest section of society. But this does not mean that the “poorest” are a homogenous group. There are differences in access to land and ability to work productively. Development players must take this into account by designing interventions that provide different capacity-based packages to […]
Has the provision of legume seeds subsidies affected dietary diversity? Evidence from FISP
In Malawi, maize is life – the cereal is the main staple with more than 70 percent of all agricultural plots in the country used for maize farming. This strong dependence on maize has led to a poorly diversified agricultural system with limited dietary diversity. The government of Malawi implements a Farm Input Subsidy Program […]
Shelter from the Storm? Household-Level Impacts of, and Responses to, the 2015 Floods in Malawi
Overdependence on rain-fed agriculture by rural households in Malawi puts them at risk of crop losses tied to extreme weather events, like floods and droughts. In recent years, Malawi has experienced an increase in frequency, intensity and spread of these events. In January 2015, severe flooding in Malawi affected over a million families, displacing 230,000 […]
Assessing the structure, conduct and performance of Malawi’s maize market
Maize is the most important staple food in Malawi, contributing about 66 percent of calories to typical household diets. Most non-seed maize is produced by smallholder farmers while large farms mainly produce seed maize. Thus, the nation’s food security and poverty reduction is dependent on the maize market. However, maize retail prices are high whereas […]
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