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    Modeling choice of fuelwood source among rural households in Malawi: a multinomial probit analysis

    Eldis Document Store, 2010
    In Malawi, biomass energy accounts for more than 90% of the total primary energy consumption, and forests contribute nearly 75% of the total biomass supply. This paper addresses two questions: what determines Malawian household's choice of fuel-wood source and, what are the environmental consequences of fuel-wood collection from Malawi’s forest reserves?
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    The village head and the problem of role relevance in the context of declining rural land availability in Malawi

    Centre for Social Research, University of Malawi, 2011
    Village heads form the access point to customary land in Malawi.
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    Resettlement: the experience of relocated households in Malawi's Community Based Rural Land Development Project

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2011
    Malawi's Community Based Rural Land Development Project was conceived as an effort to alleviate rural poverty by making it possible for land-poor households to buy land where it was available within specific districts. This paper discusses the factors that deter relocation, and those that hamper permanent settlement in new sites after the initial relocation has occurred.
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    Gender, ICTs and Agriculture

    International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union), 2002
    This report examines the digital divide that exists between developing nations of Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific and the rest of the world. The report highlights the following issues:
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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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    The Public Sector Investment Programme 2006/2007-2010/2011

    Government of Malawi, 2006
    This paper is an analytical report on the Public Sector Investment programme (PSIP). PSIP is a comprehensive listing of all priority public programmes in the form of a five-year rolling plan to guide the country’s public sector investment. The PSIP is the only project within the context of the Malawi Growth Development Strategy (MGDS).
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    Status of dairy farming in Malawi: the case of Mzuzu agricultural development division

    Mzuzu University, 2010
    This report is a result of a baseline study that was conducted as a component of the modern dairy farming project. The aim of the project is to enhance modern dairy farming practices for land use and environmental protection.
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    Mitigation analysis for the forestry and land use sector

    Chancellor College, University of Malawi, 2008
    Forests in Malawi play an important role in both social and economic development of the country. Among the environmental services provided by forests is carbon sequestration. Carbon sequestration is the uptake and storage of carbon on land which reduces atmospheric accumulation and thus delays its impact on the global climate.
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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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