Malawi is facing a severe drought crisis linked to the El Niño climate phenomenon. On March 23, President Lazarus Chakwera declared a state of disaster in 23 of Malawi’s 28 districts in anticipation of a poor harvest and appealed for more than $200 million in humanitarian assistance.
El Niño: Malawi’s harvest of maize – its staple food – may fall by 22.5% this year (The Conversation)
The Conversation published an article by Joachim De Weerdt, Channing Arndt, James Thurlow, Jan Duchoslav, Joseph Glauber, Liangzhi You, and Weston Anderson. The article looked at possible weather pattern changes driven by El Niño – an unusual warming of surface waters in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean – and their impact on maize production in Malawi. […]
New Study: Adolescent Girls, Diets and School-based Nutrition Education
A comprehensive package of nutrition education interventions delivered through public primary schools can significantly improve dietary practices among adolescents, according to a new study published in The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health.
IFPRI researchers receive AAEA 2023 Quality of Communication and Publication of Enduring Quality award
Work on the implications of the Ukraine crisis on food systems and research on trade, food standards, and poverty recognized
IFPRI Blog: Can phone surveys be used in standard poverty measurement? Evidence from Ethiopia
Surveys are a key method for social scientists to gather data on living standards. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, such surveys in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) were typically conducted in person; phone surveys were rarely used (one exception was the World Food Programme in some of its Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping (VAM) exercises). But for a period starting […]
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