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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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Farmers decry maize prices (The Nation)

November 16, 2021


The Nation (Malawi) published an article on how farmers’’ representatives have decried low maize prices in the country and described them as impoverishing farmers while at the same time exposing them to food insecurity. Their reactions come in the wake of the Malawi Monthly Market Report for October issued by IFPRI which showed that the lowest average maize price kilogramme (kg) was registered in Mzimba District at K97 followed by Chitipa at K100 and Chimbiya in Dedza at K121.

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