This story was cross-posted from the IFPRI website and was originally written by Kwaw Andam, a research fellow with the Ghana Strategy Support Program (GSSP). It also appears on the GSSP blog. Fertilizer subsidies are used across Africa south of the Sahara as the preferred tool for governments trying to boost incomes of poor smallholder farmers >> Read more Source: Malawi Strategy Support Program
Op-ed: Will structured markets really deliver higher prices for Malawian farmers?
*This op-ed was written by Dr. Bob Baulch, Program Leader for IFPRI Malawi, Lilongwe. When I first came back to Malawi, two-and-a-half years ago, I had barely heard the term ‘structured markets’─ despite having spent most of the previous 25 years working on agricultural marketing issues in over 20 developing countries. When I asked my IFPRI colleagues >> Read more Source: Malawi Strategy Support Program
Farmer-led public discussion addresses maize marketing challenges
On 8th June 2017, the Farmers Union of Malawi (FUM) hosted a panel discussion at the Malawi Institute of Management to debate the policy options for addressing challenges related to maize marketing and pricing in Malawi. The purpose of the panel discussion was to bring issues related to maize markets and pricing to the attention of the public, and to […]
71pc farmers use mobiles to connect with buyers
Rapid growth of Bangladeshi cities is driving innovative modifications to the way farms and cities connect that are helping farmers earn more for their goods, according to a new international study report. The 2017 Global Food Policy Report released by Washington based International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) revealed that the access to technologies such […]
