1) FISP Symposium Proceedings Full report Summary of Policy Implications 2) Maize-Nitrogen Response in Malawi’s Smallholder Production Systems, by Sieg Snapp (Michigan State University), Thom Jayne (Michigan State University), Wezi Mhango (LUANAR), Todd Benson (IFPRI), and Jacob Ricker-Gilbert (Purdue) 3) MaSSP Policy Note #18: Farm Input Subsidy Program: Where do we go from here? By Karl Pauw and James Thurlow, 2014 Other […]
Working Paper 6: Changes in Food and Nutrition Security in Malawi: Analysis of Recent Survey Evidence
A large proportion of Malawian households are caught in a trap where poverty and food insecurity reinforce one another and where periods of food deficits and severe food crises are frequent occurrences. In recognition of this, the Malawian government has since 2005/06 implemented a large-scale Farm Input Subsidy Program (FISP), which supplies half of smallholder […]
Announcing National FISP Symposium July 2014
In view of a wide diversity of research findings and changing socio-political conditions since the FISP started eight years ago, the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) in collaboration with the Malawi Strategy Support Program (MaSSP) International Food Policy research Institute (IFPRI) and several collaborating partners is organizing a one and a half […]
Working Paper 4: Does irrigation have an impact on food security and poverty? Evidence from Bwanje Valley Irrigation Scheme in Malawi
The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of irrigation on household food security and poverty using a case study of Bwanje Valley Irrigation Scheme in Malawi. Data used in the analysis were collected from 412 households – 169 participants in the irrigation scheme and 243 non-participants. Due to the non-random selection of […]
ECAMA Research Symposium Pre-event Workshops
The Economics Association of Malawi (ECAMA) with support from the Malawi Strategy Support Program (MaSSP) of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) in Malawi will host its Inaugural Research Symposium from 8–10 October 2014 in Lilongwe. As part of the symposium, MaSSP is offering two exciting workshops on […]