Malawi

Publications

journal article

Achieving food security and industrial development in Malawi: Are export restrictions the solution?

2018

Assessesing the economy-wide effects of Malawi’s export restrictions on maize and oilseeds, finding that short run benefits may be redered ineffective by production responses in the medium to long run.

working paper

Impacts of the 2016/17 food insecurity response program on maize prices in Malawi

2018

In early 2016, Malawi suffered its second consecutive year of harvest failure. An emergency was declared in April 2016 and the resulting humanitarian response, known as the Food Insecurity Response Program (FIRP), was of unprecedented scale: almost 40…

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Data & Tools

dataset

Smart Subsidies for Catchment Conservation in Malawi

2018

This dataset includes a baseline and endline survey from a cluster-randomized sample of households within villages covering the five uppermost Extension Planning Areas (EPAs) in the Shire River Basin in southern Malawi, spanning the districts of…

dataset

2014 Social Accounting Matrix for Malawi

2017

This data study includes social accounting matrix (SAM) for Malawi for the year 2014. The SAM is an extension of the Standard Nexus structure. It consists of 63 activity sectors, 65 commodity sectors, three types of factors of production: labor (rural…

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Blogs

IFPRI Blog

Malawi's new reality: Fall armyworm is here to stay

Feb 26, 2018 | Kimberly Keeton

How smallholder farmers, government agencies, and development organizations are grappling with a persistent invasive pest..

IFPRI Blog

Incentives could create a tipping point in conservation agriculture adoption

Jan 26, 2018 | Andrew Reid Bell, Patrick Ward, Lawrence Mapemba, Tim Benton, Klaus Droppelmann, Jennifer Zavaleta Cheek, Frazer Mataya, Oliver Pierson

Research in Malawi shows that farmers are more likely to adopt conservation agriculture practices when their neighbors are using them—suggesting financial incentives can help to create a virtuous circle.

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Related Events

Conference

Unleashing Agriculture’s Potential for Improved Nutrition and Health in Malawi

Jan 27, 2015

The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security of Malawi and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), supported by Irish Aid and USAID, are organizing a high-level policy conference in Lilongwe, Malawi, September 26-27 in order to…

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Programs & Projects

Project

Smart Subsidies for Catchment Conservation in Malawi

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Project

Brazil’s Fomento adapted to Africa

Brazil has achieved impressive results in reducing poverty with “Fomento,” a set of large-scale, government-run social programs targeting smallholder farmers. Rural poverty in Brazil dropped dramatically from 51.4 percent in 2002 to 29.1 percent in…

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Malawi

Achieving food security and industrial development in Malawi: Are export restrictions the solution?

Impacts of the 2016/17 food insecurity response program on maize prices in Malawi

Smart Subsidies for Catchment Conservation in Malawi

2014 Social Accounting Matrix for Malawi

Malawi's new reality: Fall armyworm is here to stay

Incentives could create a tipping point in conservation agriculture adoption

Unleashing Agriculture’s Potential for Improved Nutrition and Health in Malawi

Smart Subsidies for Catchment Conservation in Malawi

Brazil’s Fomento adapted to Africa