Agrifood value chains (AVCs) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have been expanding due to a range of factors, including income growth, urbanization, more market-oriented policies, globalization, and technological changes. Integrating smallhol... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program
Perceptions and Economic Impacts of COVID-19 in Rural Malawi
Written by: Laura Leavens, Kate Ambler, Sylvan Herskowitz, Mywish Maredia, and Jonathan Mockshell In response to the pandemic, on March 20th, 2020, the Malawian government declared a state of disaster. Three days later, the government closed schools. T... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program
Research Talks Episode 5: Picturing a Better Crop Insurance
Can a smartphone camera help provide a safety net for smallholder farmers? This episode features IFPRI’s Research Fellow Berber Kramer, who in a conversation with Sivan Yosef, shares the story of how IFPRI researchers came up with the idea of using sma... Source: IFPRI Myanmar – The Myanmar Strategy Support Program
Does weather risk explain low uptake of agricultural credit?: Evidence from Ethiopia
ESSP Working Paper 128, by Kibrom A. Abay, Bethelhem Koru, Jordan Chamberlin, and Guush Berhane. Abstract: Credit markets are key instruments by which liquidity constrained smallholder farmers may finance productivity investments. However, the documented low demand and uptake of agricultural credit by smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa poses challenges for energizing rural transformation in the region. >> Read more Source: Ethiopia Strategy Support Program
