In recent days, MDF troops have been deployed to the northern border to prevent the smuggling of maize into Tanzania and Zambia. While this action seems a natural response during a year of national food shortage, four factors should give us pause for thought.
Monitoring Maize Prices in Malawi: A New Report Series is Launched
Fluctuations in the price of maize—Malawi’s most important staple crop—are a huge contributor to the country’s overall food security. Providing maize price information in markets throughout the country is a critical first step to understanding and improving food security in Malawi. The Monthly Maize Market Report was developed by researchers at IFPRI-Malawi, with the main […]
2015 Bunda Grant Scheme Mentees Chosen
We are excited to announce this years recipients of the Bunda Grant Scheme mentorship program wherein IFPRI researchers support promising young master’s students at Bunda College (LUANAR) to refine and publish their research. The recipients and their research topics are as follows: Cuthbert Chirwa -- The Impact of farm income diversification on household welfare and poverty: evidence […]
2015 ECAMA Research Symposium Call for Abstracts
We are pleased to announce the second annual research symposium of the Economics Association of Malawi and are calling for abstract submissions. Following on the success of the inaugural event in 2014, the 2015 ECAMA Research Symposium will focus on “Agricultural transformation and value chain development for sustainable economic development”, bringing together local and international […]
Announcement: Launch of the Malawi Agricultural Statistics Master Plan
The agricultural statistics sub-sector has developed ‘The Agricultural Statistics Strategic Master Plan (SMP)’ in order to improve integration, coordination, harmonization, and implementation of agricultural statistics in Malawi. The strategic master plan will be officially launched in a half-day event to be held in Lilongwe at the Crossroads Hotel, on September 24th, 2014. The launch will bring together policy […]
