IFPRI Malawi Strategy Support Program Policy Note 41 In this policy note, researchers Bob Baulch and Aubrey Jolex examine prices paid to farmers for their maize and soybean between April and July 2021 using an innovative crowdsourcing method. Compared to the 2020 main harvesting season, farmgate prices of soybean improved while farmgate prices of maize […]
Policy Note 37: Towards Designing Better Contracts: Assessing Contract Preferences of Small Farmers and Buyers
This Policy Note summarizes Working Paper 34, which examines preferences for contracts among cotton and tea farmers and companies in southern Malawi.
Policy Note 36: Market Information and Access to Structured Markets by Small Farmers and Traders
This Policy Note summarizes Working Paper 33, which examines the impact of providing price information from a commodity exchange to small farmers and traders of maize and soybean in central Malawi. Using data from a panel survey of 399 farmers and 78 traders conducted before and after the main marketing season, and using kernel propensity […]
Policy Note 35: Structure, Conduct and Performance of Maize Markets in Malawi: Synopsis
This Policy Note offers a synopsis of a study, detailed in Working Paper 29, which analyzed the structure, conduct and performance of maize markets in Malawi during the 2018/2019 main harvest and lean seasons. The study team interviewed 749 traders from 74 markets across 8 districts and held 28 focus group discussions with a total […]
Policy Note 34: Malawi’s Challenging Employment Landscape: Any Signs of Structural Transformation? Synopsis
This Policy Note offers a synopsis of a study, detailed in Working Paper 27, which examined Malawi’s employment landscape, focusing on the challenges facing its rapidly growing youth. Using three rounds of the Integrated Household Survey (IHS) conducted between 2004 and 2016, the study finds little evidence of structural transformation in Malawi’s economy or of […]
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