Over the past few years, Malawi made remarkable progress toward increasing its national maize production and achieving food security owing to its Farm Input Subsidy Program (FISP). Likewise, the implementation of the subsidy program is continuously being improved upon as the country learns from past experience. Recent evaluations of the Fertilizer Input Support Programs (FISP) […]
Policy Note 14: Tracking the Performance of the Malawi Agricultural Sector
In June 2012, a Technical Working Group on Monitoring and Evaluation (TWG on M&E) was established in Malawi to track agricultural sector performance under the overarching sector strategy, the Agricultural Sector Wide Approach (ASWAP). The TWG on M&E brings together a wide variety of stakeholders representing the public sector, non-state actors, and development partners. Each […]
Policy Note 13: Who Talks to Whom? Information Flows in Malawi’s Agricultural Research Network
A social network analysis (SNA) of agricultural research institutions in Malawi was performed to investigate networking and knowledge sharing in relation to the implementation of the Agricultural Sector Wide Approach (ASWAp). SNA helps explain how the different actors relate to one another, and how these relationships affect the generation, exchange, and use of information and […]
Policy Note 12: Research Capacity for Operationalization of the Malawi ASWAp
The Agricultural Sector-Wide Approach (ASWAp) aims to support priority activities in the agricultural sector in Malawi that would increase agricultural productivity, reduce hunger, enable people access to nutritious foods, and increase the contribution of agro-processing to economic growth. ASWAp directly supports the objective of the Malawi Growth and Development Strategy (MGDS) of reducing poverty and […]
Policy Note 11: Maize Consumption Estimation and Dietary Diversity Assessment Methods in Malawi
Food security in Malawi is generally equated with adequate maize production, the country’s main staple crop, which accounts for more than 60 percent of total food production. However, reliable estimates of maize consumption are also useful measures for assessing food security. Further, information on the level of dietary diversity in the country can be used […]
