Malawi and Agriculture and food
- Capital:
Lilongwe - Population:
15447500 - Size:
118480.0 Km2
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- The BLDS agriculture collection
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Search for the latest agriculture-related print documents on this country from the British Library for Development Studies collection
- Exploring misconceptions about what caused the 2001-3 food emergency in Malawi
- L. Rubey / Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID, 2003
- This brief report examines the assumptions that the 2001-2003 food crisis in Malawi was the result of poor management of grain reserves, corruption and a severe drought. It argues that these often-cited ‘causes’ are partial ...
- Causes of the food crisis in Zambia and Malawi
- R. Øygard; A.G. Guttormsen; R. Garcia; R. Kachule; A. Mwanaumo; I. Mwanawina; E. Sjaastad; M. Wik / Department of Economics and Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2003
- This study evaluates the causes of the 2001-3 food crisis in Zambia and Malawi, looks at existing policies and makes recommendations to avoid future crises. The study differentiates causes of the crisis (the maize harvest short...
- How do agricultural traders operate in Benin and Malawi?
- M. Fafchamps / Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford, 2002
- Based on original trader surveys, this paper examines how agricultural traders operate in two sub-Saharan African countries, Benin and Malawi. The study finds that the largest transaction costs incurred by traders are for search and t...
- Why is southern Africa hungry?
- K. Lambrechts; G. Barry / Christian Aid, 2003
- This paper, based on Christian Aid's submission to the House of Commons International Select Committee on International Development, takes an in-depth look at the causes of southern Africa's crisis and looks to ‘real’ soluti...
- What is the relationship between HIV/AIDS, land holding and land use?
- S. Mbaya; M. Ngaru / Oxfam, 2002
- This paper investigates how HIV/AIDS affects land access, utilisation and control in Malawi, with a particular focus upon vulnerable groups. It presents findings on the effect of HIV/AIDS on land holding, household responses to HIV/AI...
- Case study of a conservation organisation's efforts to address the impacts of HIV/AIDS
- D. Mauambeta / Eldis Document Store, 2003
- This paper describes the experiences of the Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi (WESM) in addressing the impacts that HIV/AIDS is having on the environment. The paper describes those impacts and the process the WESM has been ...
- Sowing the seeds, strengthening the roots - seed system development in sub-Saharan Africa
- Robert Tripp / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- Formal seed systems in Africa are not meeting farmers’ needs. Either they do not provide seed for the crops that farmers grow, or are too limited in scope. A recent ODI and ICRISAT report asks how seed systems can be strengthened...
- Intergrating the right to food into Norwegian aid policy
- R. Haug; E. C. Rauan / Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of L, 2001
- This report focuses on how to implement the right to food in four countries in Africa (Ethiopia, Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia). The main purpose is to assess how rights-based development exemplified by the right to food can be better i...
- What is the status of and needs for the agricultural response to HIV/AIDS in Malawi?
- N. Ngwira; S. Bota; M. Loevinsohn / Regional Network on HIV/AIDS, Rural Livelihoods and Food Security, 2001
- The Malawi National HIV/AIDS Strategic Framework 2000-2004 calls for “an expanded, multi-sectoral national response to the epidemic.” However, this paper states that the capacity to respond to these calls lags behind. In man...
- A review of the issues surrounding land use, HIV/AIDS and poverty
- Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2002
- Series of country papers on HIV/AIDS and land in Lesotho, Kenya, South Africa, Malawi, Tanzania, with concluding paper on methodological and conceptual issues. The key questions addressed include: The impact on and cha...
- Bunda College of Agriculture
Provides training in food production, food security, conservation and natural resource management
