Since the beginning of March, Malawi has experienced heavy rainfall linked to Tropical Cyclone Idai, which has led to intense flooding in 14 districts across southern and central regions of the country. The most severely impacted districts are Chikwawa, Machinga, Mangochi, Phalombe, Thyolo, and Zomba─ which each have more than 50,000 affected people according to […]
AJARE Best Paper Award: Measuring Post-harvest Losses at the Farm Level in Malawi
IFPRI Malawi congratulates Kate Ambler, Alan de Brauw, and Susan Godlonton, who received the 2018 AAERS-Wiley Blackwell Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics Award for their paper, "Measuring Post-harvest Losses at the Farm Level in Malawi." The award was presented during the 63rd Annual AARES Conference in Melbourne, Australia. About the study Reducing food […]
Policy Note 33: Commodity Exchanges and Warehouse Receipts in Malawi: Synopsis
Malawi is unusual in having two active commodity exchanges (Comex): The Agricultural Commodity Exchange (ACE), established 2006, and Auction Holdings Commodity Exchange (AHCX) Ltd., established in 2013. In addition, Malawi has several parallel systems that advance collateral financing using warehouse receipts. Policy Note 33 distills the findings of Working Paper 25, which analysed how Malawi's […]
Does Aflatoxin Stunt Child Growth? Evidence from the First Randomized Trial
This blog is cross posted from the IFPRI website and was originally written by Vivian Hoffmann, Jef Leroy, and Kelly Jones. The post is based on their recent article: “The impact of reducing dietary aflatoxin exposure on child linear growth: a cluster randomized control trial in eastern Kenya,” which appeared in BMJ Global Health. Aflatoxins […]
Why irrigation is key to feeding Africa south of the Sahara’s growing population
This post is cross posted from the IFPRI website and was originally written by Claudia Ringler, Deputy Director of IFPRI's Environment and Production Technology Division (EPTD). The post first appeared in African Leadership Magazine. Can Africa south of the Sahara feed itself? This question has been asked for decades, but no satisfying answer has yet been […]
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