food security

Business Registration and Firm Performance: A Case of Maize Traders in Malawi

A recent article, authored by Henry Kankwamba and Lukas Kornher, assesses the effect of business registration on firm performance in Malawi’s maize sector. The study uses panel data of 172 maize traders from central Malawi, and instrumental variable es... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program

Virtual Event – Micronutrients in emergencies: How can we prevent an increase in hidden hunger?

Virtual Event - June 9, 2020 - 03:30 pm - 4:45 pm CAT; 09:30 am to 10:45 am EDT
The Micronutrient Forum and IFPRI invite you to join us and expert speakers for a seminar about micronutrients and pandemic emergencies. Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program

Strengthening smallholder agriculture to defend Myanmar’s food security and rural livelihoods against COVID-19

There is an urgent need to anticipate the threat posed by COVID-19 to Myanmar’s agricultural sector and to rural households that depend on farming for income and for food and nutrition security. In their research, Duncan Boughton, Joseph Goeb, Isabel L... Source: IFPRI Myanmar – The Myanmar Strategy Support Program

Virtual Event–Discussion on the Implications of the 2020 Global Food Policy Report for Eurasia

Wednesday, May 27, 2020 - May 27, 2020 - 02:30 pm - 04:00 pm MSK; 01:30 pm - 03:00 pm CAT
The Eurasian Center for Food Security at Lomonosov Moscow State University, Westminster International University in Tashkent together with the World Bank and IF... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program

Exploring food security among young women in Myanmar’s garment sector

Malnutrition can adversely influence the health and development of women and their children. In Myanmar’s Yangon region, a significant portion of young women employed in the formally regulated garment sector is impacted by malnutrition. Through data co... Source: IFPRI Myanmar – The Myanmar Strategy Support Program