Abstract: Rural labor markets in Africa are frequently characterized by underemployment, with farmers unable to fully deploy throughout the year one of their most important assets—their labor. Using a nine-year panel data set on 1,407 working-age adults from rural Malawi, we document changes in rural underemployment over this period and how they are associated with […]
2019 Social Accounting Matrix for Malawi: A Nexus Project SAM
The 2019 Malawi Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) follows IFPRI's Standard Nexus SAM approach, by focusing on consistency, comparability, and transparency of data. The Nexus SAMs available on IFPRI's website separates domestic production into 42 activities. Factors are disaggregated into labor, agricultural land, and capital, with labor further disaggregated across three education-based categories. The household account […]
IFPRI Maize Market Report August 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 […]
Rethinking Inorganic Fertlizer Subsidies in Malawi
In many southern African agroecosystems, inorganic fertilizers are essential as soils are highly weathered, sandy, low in organic matter and inherently nutrient poor, and in general insufficient nutrients are being applied to maintain soil nutrient levels. However, the inorganic fertilizer subsidy program in Malawi makes limited economic sense and is not delivering on food security […]
Country Brief: Malawi’s Agrifood System: Structure and Drivers of Transformation
Abstract: Malawi experienced modest growth from 2009 to 2019, with average annual GDP growth of 4.7 percent. The global COVID-19 pandemic caused a significant slowdown in 2020 and 2021, and the economy has not yet rebounded to pre-pandemic levels (World Bank 2023). At the time of writing, GDP is projected to grow at 2.4 percent […]
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