Events

Virtual event: Selling Crops Early to Pay for School: A Large-Scale Experiment in Malawi

Abstract: In 2010, primary school in Malawi began in September, three months earlier than in 2009. I show that this change forced households to sell crops early, when prices are low. The effect is limited to households with school children, increases w... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program

Virtual event: Sell Low, Buy Low? A New Explanation for a Persistent Puzzle

Abstract: We provide new insight into the seeming puzzle that many farmers in low-income countries sell their crops at harvest, when prices are low, rather than waiting until prices increase later in the year. We use 20 years of data from 1037 retail m... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program

Virtual Event: Adapting yet not Adopting? Conservation Agriculture in Central Malawi

Abstract: Conservation Agriculture (CA) has been widely promoted as a pathway to sustainably intensify agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Yet despite decades of promotion, CA uptake in SSA remains sparse with only few analyses of its impacts on f... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program

Module 3 – Agricultural Land and Rural Livelihoods

The third module of the Feed the Future MAPSA’s eight-module seminar series will focus on agricultural land and rural livelihoods in Myanmar. Source: IFPRI Myanmar – The Myanmar Strategy Support Program

Module 2 – Migration and Mechanization in Myanmar

The second module of the Feed the Future MAPSA’s eight-module seminar series will focus on migration and mechanization in Myanmar. Source: IFPRI Myanmar – The Myanmar Strategy Support Program