While fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa has declined in recent decades, the region continues to have one of the highest fertility rates in the world, with an average total fertility rate of 4.9 children per woman as compared to South Asia (2.7 children per woman) and Latin America (2.2 children per woman). There are several reasons >> Read more Source: Malawi Strategy Support Program
Dairy farming in Central Region Malawi: Navigating between Market and Social Pressures
Malawi strives to develop into a productive nation by increasing agricultural production. The Malawi Growth and Development Strategy III aims to transform the agricultural landscape in Malawi away from subsistence smallholders towards farming as a business. New concepts and business models can conflict with more traditional social systems in a community. So, how do smallholder >> Read more Source: Malawi Strategy Support Program
Modeling the Effectiveness of the Lead Farmer Approach in Agricultural Extension Service: Nationally-representative Panel Data Analysis in Malawi
The Lead farmer (LF), model or contact farmer, or farmer-to farmer extension approach has been traditionally part of most extension models for decades. Past LF approaches have been criticized for the selection of richer and progressive farmers as well as for limited productivity and development impact. The revived LF concept contributed to a new batch >> Read more Source: Malawi Strategy Support Program
Cash, food or vouchers? Evidence from a four-country experimental study
“What do we know about the relative merits of providing assistance in the form of food or cash in developing countries? asked Daniel Gilligan, Deputy Division Director of the Poverty, Health and Nutrition Division, IFPRI, Washington DC to start his presentation on February 12, 2019. Many studies provide evidence on the impact of food or >> Read more Source: Malawi Strategy Support Program
Has the provision of legume seeds subsidies affected dietary diversity? Evidence from FISP
In Malawi, maize is life – the cereal is the main staple with more than 70 percent of all agricultural plots in the country used for maize farming. This strong dependence on maize has led to a poorly diversified agricultural system with limited dietary diversity. The government of Malawi implements a Farm Input Subsidy Program >> Read more Source: Malawi Strategy Support Program
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