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  The role of the informal sector in poverty reduction and the food security in Malawi: A case study of Lufita in Chitipa RDP

  Self Help Africa: Malawi, 2007

  This paper reports on a study focused on the role of the informal sector in poverty reduction and food security in Malawi. Most previous studies have focused on the formal sector activities in terms of understanding poverty reduction and food security in the country. As such, little has been understood on the scope and contribution of the informal sector in poverty reduction and food security.
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  The winds of change: sustainable livelihoods and food security in cassava farming systems in Malawi

  Chancellor College, University of Malawi, 2000

  Agriculture in Malawi accounts for 35% of GDP, more than 90% of exchange foreign earnings and provides employment to the 92% of the population that is rural.
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  Hunger, public policy and child labour: case study of Malawi

  Centre for Social Research, University of Malawi, 2003

  In 2002, the majority of Malawians were seriously affected by famine, which was only comparable to the one that occurred in 1949. The occurrence of flooding in some areas of Malawi and incidences of prolonged dry spells in others, contributed significantly to the poor harvests that many farming families experienced in 2001.
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  The importance of indigenous crops in Malawi: A case of Nyamphaea Petersiana (Nyika)

  University of Malawi - The Polytechnic, 2000

  Researchers have documented declining interest among young people for traditional food sources and substantial loss in knowledge for traditional foods.
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  The links between poverty and the environment in Malawi

  Population Studies Centre, University of Waikato, 2009

  Deforestation arising from conversion of forest areas into agriculture is a serious problem in Malawi. This paper discusses competition for agricultural land and investigates why the poor are closely associated with forests. Furthermore, the paper examines the effects of changes in crop land use on changes in forest cover.
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  Country portfolio evaluation of WFP assistance to Malawi

  Scanteam, 2009

  The Malawi country context between 2000 and 2008 can be divided into two periods: a period of crisis and instability followed by recovery. WFP was responding to rapid changes during the emergency period, then to supporting the transition to recovery, while addressing structural risk and reinforcing positive trends.
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  Building capacity for development and food security in Malawi: mid-term review of the Bunda College Capacity Building Programme (BCDP)

  Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2009

  This report summarises the findings of the mid-term review of the Bunda College Capacity Building Programme (BCDP), phase III, covering the period 2005–2010. The methodology includes perusal of existing documents, meetings with the Project Advisory Committee and qualitative interviews with key Bunda staff.
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  Low input food and nutrition security: growing and eating more for less

  Food & Nutrition Security and Permaculture in Malawi, 2005

  Tackling food insecurity in Malawi has moved away from emergency aid towards relief and recovery, with government policy looking at food diversification and nutrition. Produced following a nine-month study conducted in Malawi throughout 2005 involving twenty pilot projects, this manual presents a step by step and hands-on approach to achieve food security.
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  Fighting cycles of quiet starvation

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2009

  Seasonality is the most neglected dimension of rural deprivation. Seasonal hunger amongst poor rural people is a permanent global crisis, affecting seven out of every ten hungry people in the world. How can policymakers and development organisations fight seasonal hunger?
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  Agriculture in urban planning: generating livelihoods and food security

  International Development Research Centre, 2009

  This report, by researchers working in urban agriculture (UA), examines concrete strategies to integrate city farming into the urban landscape. Drawing on original field work in cities across the rapidly urbanising global South, the book examines the contribution of UA and city farming to livelihoods and food security.

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