Sustainable intensification (SI) is a broad concept of enhancing agricultural productivity to meet the future demand for food, fuel and fiber, while protecting environmental services and increasing resilience to shocks. This is key to improving the agricultural landscape in Malawi, where population growth is putting pressure on natural resources, and where the majority of farmers […]
Malawi value chain studies presented at ICABR conference in Washington, DC
(Post written by Paida Mpaso, communication specialist for NAPAS: Malawi, originally published on the Food Security Policy website.) Six of 12 Malawian value chain studies conducted by the New Alliance Policy Acceleration support Project (NAPAS: Malawi) were recently presented at the 2018 International Consortium on Applied Bioeconomy Research Conference (ICABR) on “Disruptive Innovations, Value Chains and […]
Government of Malawi launches National Agriculture Investment Plan
(Post written by Paida Mpaso, communication specialist for NAPAS: Malawi, originally published on the Food Security Policy website.) On 13th June 2018, the Government of Malawi (GoM) through the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development (MoAIWD) launched the National Agriculture Investment Plan (NAIP) after nearly two years of coordination and development, starting in September 2016. […]
Nutrition-sensitive programs: How can they effectively tackle Malawi’s nutrition problems?
A solid case for nutrition-sensitive approaches Recent evidence from Malawi suggests that nutrition-sensitive interventions can and do work, and also that agriculture interventions can increase the production and consumption of nutritious foods. Evidence from other countries confirms the clear benefit of including strong behavior change communication (BCC), and also of integrating agricultural, child development, health, and […]
Agriculture support services: Direct effects, complementarities and time dynamics
Rural poverty remains a pervasive problem in Malawi, and many poverty reduction interventions focus on transitioning rural households out of subsistence agriculture. In a country like Malawi, where smallholder farmers constitute roughly 80 percent of the population and produce about 80 percent of the country’s food, this approach is unlikely to be effective, particularly in […]
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