The Monthly Maize Market Reports are developed by researchers at IFPRI Malawi, with the main goal of providing clear and accurate daily maize price data in selected markets throughout Malawi. The reports are intended as a resource for those interested ... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program
Livelihoods and Welfare: July – October 2025
This report provides an overview of the livelihoods and welfare of households across Myanmar for the ninth round of the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey (MHWS), conducted between July and October 2025. The analysis focuses on income and livelihoods, an... Source: IFPRI Myanmar – The Myanmar Strategy Support Program
The impact of public price information on farm incomes: Lessons from the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange
Access to timely and credible price information is critical for smallholder farmers operating in thin and fragmented markets. This study examines the welfare impacts of public agricultural price infomaton disseminated via plasma screens instailled by th Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (EXX(. Leveraging spatial and temporal variation in the phased roll-out of 101 plasma screens across Ethiopia […] Source: IFPRI Ethiopia: Ethiopia Strategy Support Program
Seeds of change: The impact of Ethiopia’s direct seed marketing approach on smallholders’ seed purchases and productivity
While multiple factors explain low adoption rates of improved varieties by small-scale farmers in sub-Saharan Africa, a key supply-side constraint is the limited availability of seed embodying new traits in the volume, quality, price, and timeliness required by farmers. This constraint is partly attributable to classical failures in the market for seeds and traits. Historically, […] Source: IFPRI Ethiopia: Ethiopia Strategy Support Program
Nutrition, diet, and academic performance among school-age children in urban low-income settings: A case-control study in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Objective To examine the effects of nutrition, dietary practices, and other related factors on academic performance and IQ among children in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Methods A case-control study was conducted among 309 children aged 6–14 years attending public and private schools in low-income districts of Addis Ababa from March to August 2023. Binary and multinomial logistic […] Source: IFPRI Ethiopia: Ethiopia Strategy Support Program
