Recent rises in the price of maize have again raised questions about the structure, conduct and performance of Malawi’s maize markets. Maize is by far Malawi’s most important staple crop and contributes about 66 percent of calories to typical household diets. The crop, which contributes 45.2 percent to the Consumer Price Index, is both a >> Read more Source: Malawi Strategy Support Program
Working Paper 28: Nutrient and mycotoxin content of commercially-sold premixed infant cereals in Malawi
Working Paper 28 explores the quality of premixed cereals sold for infant feeding in Malawi in a multifaceted way, assessing nutrient adequacy, mycotoxin contamination, and labeling accuracy. Fortified premixed cereals can help caregivers meet infants’ nutrient needs, when used to complement continued breastfeeding alongside the gradual introduction of nutrient-dense family foods. While these cereals are >> Read more Source: Malawi Strategy Support Program
Working Paper 27: Malawi’s Challenging Employment Landscape
Working Paper 27 examines Malawi’s challenging employment landscape, focusing on the country's rapidly growing youth population. Using three rounds of the Integrated Household Survey, carried out between 2004 and 2016, the authors found little evidence of a structural transformation in Malawi’s economy or of youth benefiting from changing patterns of employment. While the share of >> Read more Source: Malawi Strategy Support Program
Working Paper 25: Commodity Exchanges and Warehouse Receipts in Malawi
Malawi has a unique commodity exchange (Comex) landscape with two commodity exchanges: the Agriculture Commodity Exchange (ACE) and Auction Holdings Commodity Exchange (AHCX). In addition to these two commodity exchanges, there are parallel systems like the Warehouse receipt System (WRS) that advance collateral financing. The volumes traded at the Comex and WRS are only a >> Read more Source: Malawi Strategy Support Program
Bunda Grant Scheme: Announcing 2017 cohort
IFPRI-Malawi is pleased to announce the newest 2017 participants selected for our Bunda Grant Scheme (BGS) mentorship program, which offers a group of promising young master’s students from Bunda College at the Lilongwe University of Agriculture & Natural Resources (LUANAR) mentorship from IFPRI researchers in order to refine and publish their research. The program has been running […]
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