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
- Were IMF structural adjustment policies to blame for the Malawi food crisis?
- K. Owusu; F. Ng’ambi / World Development Movement, 2002
- This report from WDM details IMF enforced policies which it claims have undermined Malawi’s ability to feed its people. It blames the ongoing privatisation of the food production and distribution system (notably the Agricultural ...
- How has liberalisation affected the livlihoods and food security of households in rural Malawi.
- P. Peters / Harvard Institute for International Development, Cambridge Mass., 1999
- This paper details the processes of agricultural commercialisation, income strategies and food security among smallholder families in the Zomba district of Southern Malawi over a period between 1986 and 1997. It presents data and a di...
- Agriculture-poverty linkages in Malawi
- National Statistical Office of Malawi, 2000
- Briefing on agriculture/poverty linkages found by analysis of the Malawi Intergrated Household Survey Findings include: Cropping patterns do not differ greatly between poor and non-poor. Regional differences in c...
- Briefing on options for Southern African famine mitigation strategies
- International Food Policy Research Institute, 2002
- Briefing paper on policy approaches that IFPRI research in Africa has shown to be effective in fighting famine. Recommendations include: Make food available to those suffering most as fast as possible Distribut...
- Livlihood vulnerability and institutional weakness combine to cause famine in Malawi
- S. Devereux / ActionAid International, 2002
- Action Aid report which examines the immediate causes and underlying vulnerabilities which led to the food crisis in Malawi in 2001 and which threatens to cause further famine in 2002. The report challenges a number of fallacies about...
- Should the government of Malawi maintain strategic grain stocks or allow the private sector more control of markets
- 2000
- Paper which examines the arguments for and against the holding of grain reserves by the Malawi government during a period of increased market liberalisation and reduced intervention. The paper provides background information an...
- Community and handpump management in Malawi
- J. DeGabriele / Land Tenure Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2002
- Examines ways in which the rate of hand-pump sustainability may be improved. The main conclusion is that sustainability is more likely through using good quality products, and by assuring reliable management services are provid...
- Case studies of participation in privatised community animal health services
- T. Leyland; D., Akabwai; P. M Mutungi / Institutional and Policy Support Team, AU, 1998
- The paper examines the sustainability of privatised community animal health services (CAHS) for remote areas in East Africa. Using a series of case studies from Kenya, Sudan, Ethiopia, Malawi, Afghanistan, Chad and Somalia the authors...
- Land law and use right in African forests
- L.A. Wily; S. Mbaya / Land Rights in Africa, Oxfam, 2000
- Examines the relationship of people’s rights in land to the manner in which they may be involved in the management of forests in Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Namibia, Mozambique, Lesotho and to...
- How far does tenure reform reflects a shift in powers over property from centre to periphery?
- L. Alden Wily / Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 2000
- This paper examines the current wave of land tenure reform in eastern and southern Africa. It discusses how far tenure reform reflects a shift in powers over property from centre to periphery. A central question is whether tenure refo...
- Bunda College of Agriculture
Provides training in food production, food security, conservation and natural resource management
