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    The Governance Dimension of Food Security in Malawi

    USA Agency for International Development, 2005
    This report presents findings and conclusions from a governance and food security assessment of Malawi. The fieldwork was undertaken in January-February 2005 with the purpose of identifying governance causes of food insecurity problems. Key findings include:
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    Economic losses experienced by small-scale famers in Malawi due to cassava brown streak virus disease

    Eldis Document Store, 2011
    Cassava is an important root crop in Malawi. It is the second most important food crop after maize. It is grown throughout the country as a food security crop, sack/cash crop, and as a staple food crop along the Lake Malawi. Is is a staple for over 39 % of the country’s population.
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    Drought case study for Malawi

    Chancellor College, University of Malawi, 2003
    Extreme climate events such as droughts are very common in Malawi and yet their impacts are generally not well factored into the long term National Development Plan. Good examples of the potential hazards of extreme climatic events have been demonstrated by the impacts of the 1948/49 and 1991/92 droughts.
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    Estimating the impact of cassava research for development approach on productivity, uptake and food security in Malawi

    Elsevier, 2009
    Cassava in Malawi is the second most important staple food crop after maize. This paper assesses the impact of agricultural research for development approach in Malawi on cassava yields, per capita area planted to cassava and household calorie intake from cassava and maize.
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    Linking farmers to markets: opportunities and challenges for cassava farmers in Malawi

    Eldis Document Store, 2007
    In an effort to improve rural farmer’s livelihoods, many initiatives have been initiated in Sub-Saharan Africa to link cassava farmers to markets. Several models have been used including:
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    Cassava and sweet potato yield assessment in Malawi

    Eldis Document Store, 2004
    Cassava and sweet potato are important food and cash crops in Malawi. However, key information regarding varieties grown, sources of planting materials , post- harvest handling, utilisation and tuber yields is lacking. A study was therefore conducted to source this information.
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    Farmers in a Changing Climate: Does Gender Matter? Food security in Andhra Pradesh, India

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2009
    This report presents the findings of research undertaken in six villages in two drought-prone districts of Andhra Pradesh in India Mahbubnagar and Anantapur. This FAO study uses gender, institutional, and climate analyses to document the trends in climate variability that men and women farmers are facing and their responses to ensure food security.
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    ICTs and the global food price crisis

    International Development Research Centre, 2008
    This study identifies four linkages between ICTs and the global food price crisis, each representing a potential entry point for Acacia. The four entry points that this paper presents: Prevention of the crisis Monitoring the crisis Management of the crisis and Study of the crisis
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    Food Security Research Project (FRSP)

    The Food Security Research Project (FSRP) is a collaborative partnership between key Zambian organisations working together in the Agricultural Consultative Forum (ACF), the Ministry of Agriculture an
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    Alert at Maradi: preventing food crises in West Africa by using price signals

    AgEcon Search, 2011
    Countries located in the Sahel region of Africa are repeatedly confronted by episodes of rapid increase in grain prices resulting in food crises. This paper aims at exploiting grain price data to detect the warning signs of looming food crises in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. The authors identify which markets play a leading role at the national and regional level.

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