Search
Searching with a thematic focus on Food security in Malawi
Showing 11-20 of 122 results
Pages
- Document
Wheat consumption in Sub-Saharan Africa: trends, drivers, and policy implications
Food Security III Cooperative Agreement, Michigan State University, 2012Staple grain consumption in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is rising at the same time that the region is becoming more dependent on imported staples. This paper discusses the potential dilemmas posed by SSA’s increasing reliance on imported staples, and examines the pros and cons of various options for African countries to meet their staple grain needs.DocumentAdding new spices to development cooperation. Brazil, India, China and South Africa in health, agriculture and food security
Research Institute for Work and Society, KU Leuven, 2013In recent years, the four so-called emerging powers or economies - Brazil, India, China and South Africa (the BICS) - have gained considerable academic, policy and media attention for their activities in development cooperation. Some authors argue that these countries employ innovative and alternative approaches to development cooperation than the traditional, i.e. OECD-DAC donors.DocumentThe Southern African sugar sector
South African Institute of International Affairs, 2013The sugar industry has the potential to play a key developmental role in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region. The current paper illustrates that the sugar industry in Southern Africa is extensive, making up slightly more than half of the continent’s sugar production.DocumentWhy women farmers are left out of the programs. Lessons learned. Evaluation of Norway's bilateral agricultural support to food security
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2013Norway’s Bilateral Agricultural Support to Food Security 2005-2011 was reviewed in 2012-2013. This Lessons Learned document was prepared as a continuation of that review. Its purpose is to identify lessons learned regarding women’s rights and gender1 issues in the projects/programmes2 reviewed, in order to achieve more gender equality in Norwegian-funded agricultural programmes.DocumentEvaluation of Norway’s Bilateral Agricultural Support to Food Security
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2013The purpose of this evaluation was “to assess to what extent Norwegian funds for agriculture have contributed to food security, with a view to get recommendations for future support”. The period under evaluation was 2005-2011. The evaluation focused on four aspects (clusters): 1. Contribution to food security. 2. Monitoring, evaluation and documentation. 3. Sustainability and scaling-up. 4.DocumentThe Hunger And Nutrition Commitment Index (HANCI 2012)
Hunger and Nutrition Commitment Index, 2013The 2012 HANCI report finds that low income countries like Malawi and Madagascar and lower middle income Guatemala, are leading the charge against hunger and undernutrition, whilst economic powerhouses such as India and Nigeria are failing some of their most vulnerable citizens. Key findings include:DocumentSocial protection for food security: A report by the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition
2012Social protection has risen rapidly up the development policy agenda in the last decade. There is also a clear trend to making social protection, as well as food security, ‘rights-based’ rather than ‘discretionary’. Yet no clear consensus has so far emerged concerning many basic design choices and implementation of social protection policies and programs.DocumentThe Marital Immigrant. Land, and Agricultue: A Malawian Case Study
2010The central and southern regions of Malawi predominantly follow matrilineal succession and inheritance and practice uxorilocal marriages. Women, rather than men, own the primary land rights.DocumentIntegrating the Voices of the Local People in the Food Security Policy Debate in Malawi
Chancellor College, University of Malawi, 2009This article explores the potential of the voices of the local people to mediate between competing food security perspectives in order to develop a viable food security framework for Malawi. It is based on data from a study that was carried out to evaluate the 2001/2002 Targeted Input Programme (TIP).