Abstract: Malawi has been at the center of the debate on agricultural input subsidies in Africa ever since it significantly expanded its fertilizer subsidy program about two decades ago. When it did so, Malawi was a trailblazer, receiving international attention for seemingly leveraging the subsidy program to move the country from a situation characterized by […]
Africa RISING in Malawi – impact brief
The Africa RISING (AR) program in Malawi was implemented in Dedza and Ntcheu districts in the country’s Central region, primarily using an on-farm participatory approach. The program supported cropping system improvements through promotion of improved varieties and quality seeds for beans, soybeans, groundnuts, and pigeon peas. It also aimed to foster the adoption of sustainable […]
Policy Note 51: Mitigating the impact of El Niño on hunger in Malawi
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 […]
Three outstanding questions about AIP 2.0
By: Jan Duchoslav and Joachim De Weerdt On 20 October 2023, His Excellency the President launched the 2023/24 Affordable Inputs Programme, dubbed AIP 2.0. Details about the program emerged a few days earlier when the AIP Implementation Guidelines were published, and the Minister of Agriculture held a press conference on the same. The guidelines and […]
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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