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David Spielman

David Spielman is the director of IFPRI’s Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit and has been with the institute since 2004. His research agenda covers a range of topics including agriculture and rural development policy; agricultural science, technology, and innovation; plant genetic resources and seed systems; agricultural extension and advisory services; and community-driven rural development.

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Malawi: COVID-19 Rapid Response – Emergency Agriculture Surveillance (EmA-FSS) [December 2020 Highlights] (Reliefweb)

February 10, 2021


Reliefweb published key highlights regarding Malawi’s response and status of the agriculture sector: 1) In the month of December 2020, the proportion of households relying on food purchase as the main source of food increased; 2) Nearly 20.0 percent of the households that owned livestock reported some suspected livestock diseases slightly down; 3) Nearly 2.3 percent of the households were involved in fishing-related activities, slightly increasing. 

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