IFPRI Malawi together with the MwAPATA Institute recently organized a roundtable discussion to facilitate a conversation around the key drivers of the surge of fertilizer prices recently experience by Malawi and potential policy options available to the Government. This comes on the back of current discourse in the media on the same and with the […]
Virtual Brown Bag: 13 October, 2021: Soil Health and Grain Yield Impacts of Climate Resilient Agriculture Projects: Evidence from Southern Malawi
Abstract CONTEXT: Climate resilient agriculture (CRA) projects like watershed restoration efforts can enhance agricultural systems’ resilience to climate change and extreme weather shocks by improving soil health and grain yields in vulnerable communities. One such project, Wellness and Agriculture for Life Advancement (WALA) implemented watershed restoration across eight districts in southern Malawi from 2009 to […]
Event Recap: Book Launch ‘Disentangling Food Security from Subsistence Agriculture in Malawi’
At an online event on 7 July, IFPRI Senior Research Fellow Todd Benson launched his book entitled ‘Disentangling Food Security from Subsistence Agriculture in Malawi.’ The book outlines how Malawi can reduce its persistent food insecurity by moving away from a reliance on subsistence farming. His thesis is that subsistence production and inadequate food markets […]
Event Recap: A New Method for Monitoring Farmgate Prices in Malawi
Farmers, civil society organizations and government officials often accuse traders of exploitative behavior towards farmers by paying low prices for their produce and capturing most of the profit margin themselves. However, reliable information about farmgate prices is typically difficult to obtain in Malawi because smallholder farmers tend to make sales infrequently and informally. In a […]
Event Recap: Malawi Discussion of the Global Food Policy Report
IFPRI Malawi on the 5th of May 2021 held a virtual discussion of the recently launched Global Food Policy Report (GFPR), IFPRI’s flagship publication. The report which reviews major food policy issues, developments, and decisions of the previous year, focuses on the critical lessons learned in the COVID-19 pandemic and on opportunities for transforming our […]
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