The Monthly Maize Market Reports are developed by researchers at IFPRI Malawi, with the main goal of providing clear and accurate daily maize price data in selected markets throughout Malawi. The reports are intended as a resource for those interested in maize markets in Malawi, namely producers, traders, consumers, or other agricultural stakeholders. Highlights Retail […]
Feasibility of using AI-assisted monitoring to improve school meal programs: A pilot study in southern Malawi
Abstract: Reaching over 400 million children for investments of $50 billion a year, school meals are popular safety nets with documented impacts across social protection, education and nutrition dimensions1. Governments have linked school meals to food system transformation, where public procurement is used as an outlet for farmers, through Home-Grown School Meal Program (HGSMP) approaches. […]
IFPRI Maize market report September 2024
The Monthly Maize Market Reports are developed by researchers at IFPRI Malawi, with the main goal of providing clear and accurate daily maize price data in selected markets throughout Malawi. The reports are intended as a resource for those interested in maize markets in Malawi, namely producers, traders, consumers, or other agricultural stakeholders. Highlights Retail […]
Does Location Matter? A Spatial Analysis of the Factors Influencing Adoption of Cereal Legume Intercropping among Smallholder Farming Households in Malawi
Abstract: This study examines the adoption of sustainable agricultural intensification practices—particularly cereal-legume intercropping—by smallholder farming households in Malawi. The focus of the study is on how spatial variation in key factors related to agricultural production and marketing influences farming households’ decision-making processes under risk. Separate analyses are done for six distinct agroecological zones in Malawi […]
Journal Article: An approach for assessing whether agricultural projects help smallholders transition to better livelihood strategies: A Malawian case study
Abstract: Agricultural projects typically aim to promote the uptake of project components amongst targeted small farm populations to improve their farm productivity and welfare. While this approach can be an important first step towards improving smallholder livelihoods, it ignores alternative and often superior livelihood options that might arise within the rural transformation process, particularly in […]
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