Optimism to turn the tide in his favour had preoccupied the mind of Bimal Krishna Biswas as 2018 drew to a close. The 62-year-old farmer dreamt of renovating his house with brick walls in 2019 with the sales of paddy and the income from fish farm he an... Source: IFPRI Bangladesh Country Office
Market Information and Farmers’ Access to Structured Markets
In an IFPRI Malawi brown bag research seminar on February 26, 2020 Rosemary Botha presented the findings of a recent IFPRI Malawi study, which analyzed whether providing better price information increases volumes sold through structured markets, sales ... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program
Policy Note 36: Market Information and Access to Structured Markets by Small Farmers and Traders
This Policy Note summarizes Working Paper 33, which examines the impact of providing price information from a commodity exchange to small farmers and traders of maize and soybean in central Malawi. Using data from a panel survey of 399 farmers and 78 t... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program
Working Paper 33: Market Information and Access to Structured Markets by Small Farmers and Traders
Working Paper 33 analyzes the effects of an action research experiment in central Malawi, in which four groups of smallholder farmers were provided with maize and soybean price information from a local commodity exchange during the 2019 marketing seaso... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program
Stakeholder Consultation Workshop – Million Farmers School in Uttar Pradesh, India: Evolution, Impact and Way Forward
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) undertook an evaluation of the impact of MFS on the agricultural knowledge of farmers in UP and organized a one-day stakeholder workshop in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh on September 12, 2019 to share the results and findings of the study. The event was jointly hosted by IFPRI, the Government of Uttar Pradesh, and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and was graced by the Hon’ble Minister of Agriculture, Government of Uttar Pradesh – Mr. Surya Pratap Shahi – as the Chief Guest. Source: IFPRI South Asia Office
