Malawi, with its subsistence-based economy, is particularly vulnerable to agricultural production shocks and has experienced recurrent food crises over the past two decades. These crises regularly trigger humanitarian responses during which hundreds of thousands of households receive aid in the form of direct food or cash transfers. The Food Insecurity Response Plan (FIRP), which sought >> Read more Source: Malawi Strategy Support Program
IFPRI Malawi research fellow nominated for Nils Westermarck award
At the 30th International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE) being held in Vancouver this week, an IFPRI Malawi research fellow was nominated- and was named first runner up- for the Nils Westermarck award, named after an outstanding contributor to the agricultural economics profession. The nominee, Dennis Ochieng, is an associate research fellow at IFPRI Malawi where his >> Read more Source: Malawi Strategy Support Program
