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The Social And Cultural Factors Involved In Small Scale Farmers Food Crop Production And Marketing In Malawi
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Book Synopsis The Social and Cultural Factors Involved in Small Scale Farmers' Food Crop Production and Marketing in Malawi by : A. R. Semana-Mistc
Download or read book The Social and Cultural Factors Involved in Small Scale Farmers' Food Crop Production and Marketing in Malawi written by A. R. Semana-Mistc and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Social and Cultural Factors Involved in Small Scale Farmers' Food Crop Production and Marketing in Malawi by : A. R. Semana
Download or read book The Social and Cultural Factors Involved in Small Scale Farmers' Food Crop Production and Marketing in Malawi written by A. R. Semana and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Mapping the linkages between agriculture, food security and nutrition in Malawi by : Aberman, Noora-Lisa
Download or read book Mapping the linkages between agriculture, food security and nutrition in Malawi written by Aberman, Noora-Lisa and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2015-12-16 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Smallholder agriculture is the mainstay of Malawi’s economy. Its importance for livelihoods cannot be overstated. 94 percent of rural residents and 38 percent of urban residents engage in agriculture to some extent (Jones, Shrinivas, and Bezner-Kerr 2014), the vast majority as smallholder farmers with landholdings of less than one hectare. Smallholder crops are primarily maize—which accounted for nearly 80 percent of smallholder-cultivated land in 2011 —followed by cassava and other food crops (FAO 2008; IFAD 2011). These foods are grown for household consumption and for sale at local and regional markets. As such, the Malawian food supply, especially in rural areas where markets are thin with few buying or selling options, is shaped largely by trends in smallholder food-crop production
Book Synopsis Agriculture, food security, and nutrition in Malawi: Leveraging the links by : Aberman, Noora-Lisa
Download or read book Agriculture, food security, and nutrition in Malawi: Leveraging the links written by Aberman, Noora-Lisa and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2018-02-22 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the Malawian food supply is shaped largely by trends in smallholder food crop production, Malawi’s decades-long focus on improving smallholder productivity has only moderately improved food security and nutrition outcomes. Country statistics indicate an estimated 36.7 percent of rural Malawian households failed to access sufficient calories between 2010 and 2011. During the same period, 47 percent of children under the age of five years were estimated to be stunted in their growth. These indicators imply that some Malawian diets are lacking in terms of quantity (total calories consumed), and most are lacking in terms of quality (sufficient calories derived from nutrient-dense foods, such as meat, fish, eggs, dairy, legumes, fruits, and vegetables). Good nutrition requires both enough total calories (quantity) and enough vitamins and minerals per calorie (quality). How can Malawi better leverage its smallholder agriculture sector to improve nutrition? This report provides a series of primary and secondary data analyses that examine different aspects of this question.
Book Synopsis A critical review of Malawi’s Special Crops Act and Agriculture (General Purposes) Act by : Comstock, Andrew
Download or read book A critical review of Malawi’s Special Crops Act and Agriculture (General Purposes) Act written by Comstock, Andrew and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2019-01-03 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report is a critical review of two of the principal agricultural laws in Malawi, the Special Crops Act and the Agriculture (General Purposes) Act. Both are frequently used to justify interventions by government in agricultural marketing and trade activities. The review is to assess whether this legislation is effective in promoting the goals of the country around agricultural commercialization, and if not, to provide recommendations for revisions to the laws. As a secondary task, the review considers whether either law could be used as an appropriate legal framework for contract farming regulation and oversight. The review was based on a thorough desk review of the legislation and interviews with over 230 key informants involved in agricultural production, marketing, and trade. The interviews focused on the laws and how their application by government has affected the commercial activities of the informants for better or for worse.
Author :Julius H. Mangisoni Publisher :Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development ISBN 13 : Total Pages :36 pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (89 download)
Book Synopsis Crop and Livestock Diversification for Smallholder Farmers in Malawi by : Julius H. Mangisoni
Download or read book Crop and Livestock Diversification for Smallholder Farmers in Malawi written by Julius H. Mangisoni and published by Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development. This book was released on 1999 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Market participation of smallholder common bean producers in Malawi by : Lifeyo, Yanjanani
Download or read book Market participation of smallholder common bean producers in Malawi written by Lifeyo, Yanjanani and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2017-12-15 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study has analyzed the factors affecting common bean production and marketing decisions by agricultural households in Malawi. The empirical results from applying the triple hurdle model to the IHS3 data demonstrate that different sets of factors affect smallholder farmers’ production, market participation and the intensity of participation decisions with respect to common beans. The location of the farmer, ownership of a radio, receipt of production extension services and FISP benefits, distance to main road and distance to the nearest market affected the agricultural household’s decision to produce common beans.
Book Synopsis Disentangling food security from subsistence agriculture in Malawi by : Benson, Todd
Download or read book Disentangling food security from subsistence agriculture in Malawi written by Benson, Todd and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2021-05-24 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Are the drivers of production and sales of maize, groundnut, and soyabean by farming households in Malawi changing? Analysis of recent household surveys by : Jolex, Aubrey
Download or read book Are the drivers of production and sales of maize, groundnut, and soyabean by farming households in Malawi changing? Analysis of recent household surveys written by Jolex, Aubrey and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2021-11-03 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By directing increasing shares of their farm production to the market and, thereby, realizing greater incomes, farming households can accelerate local rural economic development. In this study, we examine household and spatial factors that may drive smallholder farming households in Malawi to produce and sell maize, groundnut, and soyabean. Two cross-sectional analyses are done using household level data from rounds of the Malawi Integrated Household Survey (IHS). First, using data for farming households from the fifth IHS (2019/20) in a series of weighted logistical models, we examine which of a set of household and spatial level factors are associated with a household producing each of the three crops. For maize and groundnut, we extend the analysis by similarly identifying the factors associated with whether a producing household sells any of their maize or groundnut, and if, they do, whether they sell more than half of their harvest. The second analysis consists of replicating the logistical models for production and sales using household data from the fourth IHS (2016/17) and comparing those results to the results obtained from the fifth IHS. This is done to identify whether any drivers of the production and sale of the three crops are changing over time. Overall, only a few factors are consistently associated with a farming household choosing to produce a particular crop or to sell part of their production of the crop. We also see limited changes between 2016/17 and 2019/20 in the drivers of the production and sale of these crops. However, the strength of the positive associations between landholding size and the commercial production of the three crops intensified between the two surveys. This suggests that as landholdings become smaller with continuing population growth, commercial production will increasingly be limited to those households with the largest landholdings. Government and other stakeholders in rural economic development can consider the evidence from these analyses in developing strategies to foster greater diversity in employment in rural economies across Malawi away from agriculture, while nonetheless promoting increased production by those smallholders in a position to participate profitably in the value chains for these crops.
Book Synopsis Agricultural Input Subsidies by : Ephraim Chirwa
Download or read book Agricultural Input Subsidies written by Ephraim Chirwa and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2013-09-26 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes forward our understanding of agricultural input subsidies in low income countries.
Book Synopsis Multi-scale Sustainable Intensification of Small-holder Agriculture in Malawi by : Leah Muthoni Mungai
Download or read book Multi-scale Sustainable Intensification of Small-holder Agriculture in Malawi written by Leah Muthoni Mungai and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Malawi's smallholder agricultural production is a maize-mixed system following the unimodal rainfall system, prone to climate shocks causing variable crop yields that increase food insecurity. Smallholder farmers make decisions on crop and farm management based on resource availability as well as socio-economic and environmental factors. The government of Malawi has made efforts to improve agricultural production through fertilizer subsidies and the promotion of sustainable farm practices such as legume intercropping and crop residue management practices for soil fertility enhancement. Such efforts are part of the Sustainable Intensification (SI) of Agriculture pathway widely supported across Africa as a means to increase food and agricultural production. The purpose of this research is to examine Malawi's agriculture through a multi-scale lens; national, sub-regional and local recognizing the spatial-temporal environmental and social drivers occurring across agro-ecologies and influencing smallholder farmers and their capacity for sustainable food production. We assess spatial patterns of Malawian productivity using decadal (2006-2017) climate, edaphic properties, and vegetation indexes, where spatially-located positive trends discrete from climate are presented as evidence of where Intensification (SI) of agriculture is taking place. Secondly, a baseline study that captures farmer demographics and farm practices from randomly stratified sites with varying agro-ecologies is carried out to better understand the contemporary Malawian farmer, the environment within which they produce food, and their overall potential for sustainable agriculture. Land Use Land Cover (LULC) change analyses and landscape quantification of agricultural intensification patterns and their underlying landscape processes are assessed for evidence of sustainable practices. Additionally, we elucidate the landscape patterns of the SI of agriculture associated with Malawi's agricultural extension delivery system. The main findings show evidence of positive spatial trends in Malawi's agricultural productivity that are not influenced by mesic climatic signals. This is consistent with evidence of farmer managed agricultural intensification. At the sub-regional scale, there are few land use changes in Central Malawi's Dedza and Ntcheu districts from 2014 to 2019 demonstrating the stability and maturity of this traditional agricultural landscape. However, overall land fragmentation has increased, particularly in land classified as agroforestry and shrubs/forests classes possibly indicating increased use of sustainable farming practices. Smallholders in central Malawi seek location specific agricultural advice on cropping systems and soil nutrient management recommendations. Effective delivery of advice by extension, responsive to farmer goals, could potentially boost farmer adoption of SI technologies.
Book Synopsis List of Documents and Publications in the Field of Culture, 1981-1983 by : Unesco
Download or read book List of Documents and Publications in the Field of Culture, 1981-1983 written by Unesco and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Agriculture, Employment, and Poverty in Malawi by : P. Thandika Mkandawire
Download or read book Agriculture, Employment, and Poverty in Malawi written by P. Thandika Mkandawire and published by International Labour Organisation. This book was released on 1999 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Farming Systems and Poverty by : John A. Dixon
Download or read book Farming Systems and Poverty written by John A. Dixon and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2001 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A joint FAO and World Bank study which shows how the farming systems approach can be used to identify priorities for the reduction of hunger and poverty in the main farming systems of the six major developing regions of the world.
Book Synopsis Unesco List of Documents and Publications by : Unesco
Download or read book Unesco List of Documents and Publications written by Unesco and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 1180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Critical Review of Malawi's Special Crops Act and Agriculture (General Purposes) Act by : Andrew Comstock
Download or read book A Critical Review of Malawi's Special Crops Act and Agriculture (General Purposes) Act written by Andrew Comstock and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Achieving food security and industrial development in Malawi by : Aragie, Emerta
Download or read book Achieving food security and industrial development in Malawi written by Aragie, Emerta and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2016-07-12 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Restrictions on exports of staples or cash crops are frequently imposed in developing countries to promote food security or industrial development goals. By diverting production to the local market, these policies aim to reduce prices and increase the supply of food or intermediate inputs to the benefit of consumers or downstream industrial users. Although export restrictions reduce aggregate welfare, they are attractive to policymakers: Governments gain support when they are seen to keep consumer prices low; likewise, politicians are swayed by industrial lobbyists who promise increased value-addition in exchange for access to cheaper inputs. This study weighs in on the debate around the desirability of export restrictions by simulating the economy-wide effects of Malawi’s longstanding maize export ban as well as a pro-posed oilseed export levy intended to raise value-addition in processing sectors. Our results show that, while export restrictions may have the desired outcome in the short run, producers respond to weakening market prospects in the longer run by restricting supply, often to the extent that the policies become self-defeating. Specifically, maize export bans only benefit the urban non-poor, while poor farm households experience income losses and reduced maize consumption in the long run. The oilseed export levy is equally ineffective: Even when export tax revenues are used to subsidize processors, gains in industrial value-addition are outweighed by declining agricultural value-addition as production in the fledgling oilseed sector is effectively decimated. The policy is further associated with welfare losses among rural households, while urban non-poor households benefit marginally.
