Malawi relies heavily on tobacco for export earnings. One strategy for promoting a more stable and vibrant economy is to diversify away from tobacco and broaden its export base to high potential commodities like soya. This study hypothesizes that there are institutional barriers impeding consistent growth in soya exports and seek to identify the critical […]
Working Paper 10: Analysis of the effectiveness of modern information and communication technologies on maize marketing efficiency in Malawi markets
In 2004, the government of Malawi introduced the Malawi Agriculture Commodity Exchange under the Initiative for Development and Equity in African Agriculture program, which promoted modern information and communication technologies (ICT) to improve access to agricultural market information for both suppliers and buyers of market produce. Using co-integration error correction models, this study assesses the […]
Working Paper 9: Maize yield response to nitrogen in Malawi’s smallholder production systems
This working paper reviews the research evidence on the factors known to be affecting the efficiency with which Malawian farmers use nitrogen fertilizer on maize. It is our position that such factors, along with non-random aspects of most trials, might explain the large gaps observed between researcher-managed plots and farmer-managed fields. In addition, the paper provides […]
MaSSP studies on FISP and growth-poverty linkages published as UNU-WIDER Working Papers
Malawi’s Farm Input Subsidy Program (FISP) has dominated agriculture and food security policy debates since its inception in 2005/06. Yet, after eight years of intensive research and program evaluation, opinion about FISP’s impact and its overall desirability remains divided. This reflects the fact that FISP is partly motivated by political reasons; that the socio-economic criteria […]
Working Paper 8: Modeling potential impacts of future climate change in Mzimba District Malawi, 2040-2070
Historical data in Malawi indicates there has been climate change in the past and that farmer households have been affected. Climate models predict further changes in precipitation and temperature over Malawi in the future. However, most studies to understand the impacts of climate change in Malawi have focused on ex post assessments of weather events. […]
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