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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) [April 2021 Highlights] (ReliefWeb) 

June 15, 2021


Relief Web published the latest numbers from the Emergency Agriculture Surveillance project. One highlight included In April 2021, the price of maize per kilogram recorded a 16.6 percentage point drop from MK162.90 in March to MK135.94. The maize prices are lower than the MK171/kg reported by IFPRI for the month of April 2021. The northern region recorded the highest maize prices per kg estimated at MK151.92 down from MK158.03 in March.

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