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Roundtable Discussion: Key Drivers of the Fertilizer Prices Surge and Policy Options

Background Recently, the country's mainstream media has been awash with a myriad of stories surrounding the surge in inorganic fertilizer prices on both local and international market. the price surge has been historical and agricultural experts fear t... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program

Virtual Brown Bag: 8 September, 2021: From Bad to Worse- Poverty Impacts of Food Availability Responses to Weather Shocks

Abstract Since Amartya Sen's famous work on Poverty and Famines, economists have understood that the impacts of food market shocks on the poor depend much more on their impacts on households’ incomes and access to food than on overall food availability... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program

Virtual Brown Bag: 13 October, 2021: Soil Health and Grain Yield Impacts of Climate Resilient Agriculture Projects: Evidence from Southern Malawi

Abstract CONTEXT: Climate resilient agriculture (CRA) projects like watershed restoration efforts can enhance agricultural systems’ resilience to climate change and extreme weather shocks by improving soil health and grain yields in vulnerable communit... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program

Virtual Brown Bag: June 2021: A new Method for Monitoring Farmgate Prices in Malawi

Abstract It is common for farmers, civil society organizations, government officials and journalists to accuse traders of ‘exploitative behavior’ and ‘price gouging’ in the post-harvest season. Yet, the evidence on which such accusations are made is l... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program

Virtual Brown Bag – June 2021: Disentangling Food Security from Subsistence Agriculture in Malawi- Book Launch

Abstract: Malawi’s many smallholders rely heavily on rainfed, low-input subsistence farming to meet their food needs. Yet for most rural Malawian households, subsistence agriculture cannot consistently produce enough food to ward off hunger. Nor can th... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program