The Bunda Grant Scheme Mentorship Program offers young master’s students from Bunda College at the Lilongwe University of Agriculture & Natural Resources (LUANAR), Malawi, mentorship from IFPRI researchers in order to refine and publish their research. From Nov 2018 to Dec 2019, IFPRI researchers Bob Baulch, Dennis Ochieng, and Jan Duchoslav trained 12 male students […]
Bunda Grant Scheme: Announcing the 2019 cohort
IFPRI Malawi is pleased to announce the students selected for this year’s Bunda Grant Scheme (BGS) mentorship program, which offers a group of young master’s students from Bunda College at the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) mentorship from IFPRI researchers in order to refine and publish their research. The 2019/20 BGS recipients […]
IFPRI delivers resources for youth mentorship program at LUANAR
Since 2013, IFPRI Malawi has partnered with the Lilongwe University of Agriculture & Natural Resources (LUANAR) to offer mentorship and capacity building to promising young master’s students at Bunda College through a USAID-funded program called the Bunda Grant Scheme. To date, IFPRI has offered support in refining and publishing research to five cohorts of nearly a […]
Bunda Grant Scheme: Announcing 2017 cohort
IFPRI-Malawi is pleased to announce the newest 2017 participants selected for our Bunda Grant Scheme (BGS) mentorship program, which offers a group of promising young master’s students from Bunda College at the Lilongwe University of Agriculture & Natural Resources (LUANAR) mentorship from IFPRI researchers in order to refine and publish their research. The program has been running […]
Working Paper 14: Household resilience to drought: The case of Salima District in Malawi
This study identifies factors that affect resilience to drought among smallholder farmers in Salima, one of the districts frequently affected by drought in Malawi. The study contributes to the existing literature by constructing a drought resilience index (DRI) and uses it to determine the effect of drought resilience on the welfare of farming households. Principal […]
