Malawi

Publications

working paper

Tobacco contractual arrangements in Malawi and their impact on smallholder farmers: Evidence from Burley Tobacco Contracts

2017

Contract farming is emerging as an important governance structure in certain agricultural value chains. This study was done with the objectives of understanding the contractual relations between buyers and small-scale growers in the tobacco industry…

journal article

Improving child nutrition and development through community-based childcare centres in Malawi – The NEEP-IE study: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

2017

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Data & Tools

dataset

Malawi Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation (Africa RISING) Baseline Evaluation Survey

2015

dataset

ASTI Malawi database

2014

Working through collaborative alliances with numerous national and regional R&D agencies and international institutions, Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI) is a comprehensive and trusted source of information on agricultural R&D…

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Blogs

IFPRI Blog

Exploring a changing employment landscape: Implications for Malawi’s youth

Jul 21, 2017 | Kimberly Keeton

Can Malawi's economy, dominated by agriculture, provide enough quality jobs for a fast-growing, better-educated population?

IFPRI Research Blog

Malawi’s fertilizer subsidies are not a panacea for farmer households

May 12, 2017 | Adam Komarek, Siwa Msangi

A new study finds that an oft-praised Malawi fertilizer subsidy program has mixed results for maize farmers.

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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

What is the challenge?

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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