Malawi, with its subsistence-based economy, is particularly vulnerable to agricultural production shocks and has experienced recurrent food crises over the past two decades. These crises regularly trigger humanitarian responses during which hundreds of thousands of households receive aid in the form of direct food or cash transfers. The Food Insecurity Response Plan (FIRP), which sought […]
Diverse input contributes to Malawi’s Zero Hunger and Malnutrition Strategic Review
Countries around the world are committing to eliminate hunger, achieve food security, and promote sustainable agriculture by 2030 under the UN’s second Sustainable Development Goal. Malawi is among the countries taking their commitment a step further by taking concrete steps to tackle this challenge through consultation, research, and consensus-building. What is ZHMSR? The Zero Hunger […]
Food quality and child diets: the role of fortified infant cereals in Malawi
Despite evidence from two recent, large surveys in Malawi that stunting rates are declining, more than 30 percent of children under five are still stunted, posing a threat for the long-term development prospects of the country. Most growth faltering in children occurs between the ages of 6 and 15 months, the time at which complementary […]
Bunda Grant Scheme: Announcing 2017 cohort
IFPRI-Malawi is pleased to announce the newest 2017 participants selected for our Bunda Grant Scheme (BGS) mentorship program, which offers a group of promising young master’s students from Bunda College at the Lilongwe University of Agriculture & Natural Resources (LUANAR) mentorship from IFPRI researchers in order to refine and publish their research. The program has been running […]
Save the date: 2017 Malawi Land Symposium
Announcing the 2nd Malawi Land Symposium & launch of the land policy initiative, “Monitoring and Evaluation of Land in Africa” (MELA) project, a pilot study in Malawi. The symposium and launch will take place on Wednesday, May 10, 2017, at the Golden Peacock Hotel, Lilongwe, Malawi.
