Abstract: The persistence of rural poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa is a major challenge for meeting the Sustainable Development Goal on poverty eradication. Using detailed data for Malawi, we investigate the association between seasonality in labor calendars and poverty. We find that (1) seasonality in rural labor calendars runs deep, accounting for 2/3 of total rural […]
Virtual Event: How do Informal Farmland Rental Markets Affect Smallholders’ Well-being?
Abstract: The growth of rural land rental markets is often taken as a virtuous component of an African structural transformation process, by facilitating access to land by efficient but land-constrained farmers. Recent empirical work has generally supported this view. However, one of the shortcomings is that nearly all studies severely underreport activities of landlords, as […]
Virtual Event: Does Household Participation in Food Markets Increase Dietary Diversity? Evidence from Rural Malawi
Abstract: Food markets have been found to be, in many settings, important in shaping diets and nutritional outcomes. However, more evidence and improved metrics are needed to understand these relationships. This study examined relationships between food market participation and household dietary diversity in populations of rural Malawi facing hunger and poor nutrition. The study analyzed, […]
Virtual Event: Nationally Representative Estimates of the Cost of Adequate Diets, Nutrient Level Drivers, and Policy Options for Households in Rural Malawi
Abstract: A growing literature uses the cost of diets to evaluate how effectively a food system supports access to nutritious foods. We identify baseline levels, nutrient drivers, and potential policy-induced changes in the feasibility and cost of meeting nutrient requirements for whole households based on aggregate needs in rural Malawi from 2013 – 2017. We […]
Event Recap: From Bad to Worse: Poverty Impacts for Food Availability Responses to Weather Shocks
Following the 2015–2016 El Niño phenomenon, a maize export ban was instituted in Zambia to increase food availability and supply in the country. In a virtual brown bag held on the 22nd of September 2021, IFPRI researchers Dr. Will Martin, Dr. Jawoo Koo, and Abdullah Mamun, presented the findings of their study on the impact […]
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