Abstract: We describe the likely impact of the recurrent climatic phenomenon of El Niño on maize production in Malawi. Drawing on four decades of historical data, we highlight that in seven out of eleven El Niño years, maize harvests in Malawi suffered a significant decline of 22.5 percent on average, with the southern region of […]
IFPRI Maize market report October 2023
The Monthly Maize Market Reports are developed by researchers at IFPRI Malawi, with the main goal of providing clear and accurate daily maize price data in selected markets throughout Malawi. The reports are intended as a resource for those interested in maize markets in Malawi, namely producers, traders, consumers, or other agricultural stakeholders. Highlights Retail […]
MAZIKO – Malawi Integrated Maternal and Child Grant Project
MAZIKO (meaning "Foundation" in Chichewa) is a 5-year project launched in November 2021, aimed at improving child nutrition and development in Ntcheu and Balaka districts in Malawi. It integrates maternal and child grants with government-recommended social and behavior change interventions. The project is implemented by Save the Children and GiveDirectly and reaches nearly 42,000 households […]
IFPRI Maize market report September 2023
The Monthly Maize Market Reports are developed by researchers at IFPRI Malawi, with the main goal of providing clear and accurate daily maize price data in selected markets throughout Malawi. The reports are intended as a resource for those interested in maize markets in Malawi, namely producers, traders, consumers, or other agricultural stakeholders. Highlights Retail […]
Policy Note 50: Can urban growth reduce rural underemployment?
Abstract: In a recent IFPRI working paper, Van Cappellen and De Weerdt (2023), we show how urban growth reduces underemployment in the rural hinterlands of towns and cities. But leveraging these labor market linkages between urban and rural areas for inclusive growth and poverty reduction will depend on overcoming two barriers. The first is that […]
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