This study was done as part of the DeSIRA (Developing Smart Innovations for Research in Agriculture) program funded by the European Union. At an IFPRI virtual brown bag seminar held on the 24th of March, Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST) Research Fellow, Tabitha C. Nindi, presented a study that explored why in […]
Event recap: Exploring User-Centered Counseling in Contraceptive Decision-Making: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Urban Malawi
In family planning, the provision of services is often a bidirectional process; clients have preferences for the contraceptives that they want, while providers seek to guide clients to achieve those preferences. This describes the urban Malawi setting, where family planning counselling usually involves group counselling followed by individual counselling. As part of this process, counsellors […]
Event recap: Promoting Participation in Value Chains for Oilseeds and Pulses in Malawi
Increased commercialization of agricultural production by smallholder farmers is important for the potential second round economic development benefits for their communities. By increasing production and income from the sale of their crops, smallholder farmers increase their demand for the goods, services and labor that can be supplied by their neighbors. This may expand local non-farm […]
Event recap: The political economy of lean season transfers: Is hunger the only targeting criterion?
Flooding and prolonged dry spells are detrimental to agriculture and food security. In a country like Malawi, where people rely heavily on agriculture for their livelihoods, interventions to help the most stressed households that suffer from agricultural production shocks are often necessary. For a period in 2016/17, Malawi faced a drought-induced food security emergency which […]
Event recap: Biofortification – Nutritionally Enriched Staple Crops, the Foundation of the Food System
Event recap IFPRI Malawi virtual brown bag seminar November 25, 2020. Presented by Lynn Brown and Dellings Phiri with opening remarks by Arun Baral.
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