We are excited to announce the recent launch of the MaSSP Working Paper Series. The series will showcase research results relevant to Malawi’s agriculture sector from MaSSP-led studies and from MaSSP partners and collaborators, including Bunda College students and government staff, including from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security.
Working Paper 2: Political economy of agricultural producer support in Malawi
Malawi has struggled to achieve sustained agricultural growth over the last four decades. As such there is need for increased investment and supportive policies if greater success is to be realized. As a prerequisite to identifying the role that improved policies and investment can play, a better understanding is needed of the incentives that producers […]
Working Paper 1: Neopatrimonialism and Agricultural Protection: The case of maize in Malawi
This empirical study uses data from 1970 to 2010 to estimate levels of neopatrimonialism in Malawi. We then test how neopatrimonialism has affected policy-induced agriculture producer incentives. Three dimensions are used to measure neopatrimonialism – systematic clientelism, a power concentration index, and control of corruption. All were negatively related to the level of producer support […]
Policy Note 17: Budget Allocation, Maize Yield Performance, and Food Security Outcomes Under FISP
Food security in Malawi is generally equated with adequate maize production as the country’s main staple crop accounts for more than 60 percent of total food consumption. Malawi has a long history of subsidizing agricultural inputs, either as a general policy to ensure national-level food security or as a response to poor harvests. As such, […]
Policy Note 16: Resettlement and Food Security
The average smallholder farmer in Malawi is tasked to feed a family of five on a farm of less than one hectare in size (NSO, 2008). The intensification of land through, for example, fertilizer use plays a prominent role in Malawi’s policy to increase the productivity potential of smallholder farmers. With the population almost doubling […]
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