Have market policies turned Malawi’s large-scale farmers into subsistence maize producers?
In the last two decades, food security policy in Malawi has focused on enhancing the maize productivity of smallholder farmers, primarily through the Farm Input Subsidy Programme (FISP) (Chirwa and Dorward 2013). While this has raised maize yields, production shocks, such as droughts and floods, con...
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| author | Edelman, Brent Mabiso, Athur Nyirenda, Zephania Kazembe, Cynthia |
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| description | In the last two decades, food security policy in Malawi has focused on enhancing the maize productivity of smallholder farmers, primarily through the Farm Input Subsidy Programme (FISP) (Chirwa and Dorward 2013). While this has raised maize yields, production shocks, such as droughts and floods, continue to result in wide-spread food insecurity in the country. In 2014/15, for example, a delayed onset of the rainy season, coupled with dry spells and flooding in different parts of the country, reduced maize production by about 30 percent (MoAIWD 2016), resulting in 2.8 million people requiring emergency food assistance (FEWSNET 2015). At the time of writing in mid-2016, the effects of El Niño were predicted to reduce maize production further. Government estimated maize production to be 2.4 million metric tons for the 2015/16 season, the lowest since FISP was introduced in 2005/06 (MoAIWD 2016). Even more Malawians are likely to be pushed into food insecurity. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1477312025-11-06T06:39:04Z Have market policies turned Malawi’s large-scale farmers into subsistence maize producers? Edelman, Brent Mabiso, Athur Nyirenda, Zephania Kazembe, Cynthia large-scale farming maize subsistence farming smallholders food security capacity development el niño shock resilience In the last two decades, food security policy in Malawi has focused on enhancing the maize productivity of smallholder farmers, primarily through the Farm Input Subsidy Programme (FISP) (Chirwa and Dorward 2013). While this has raised maize yields, production shocks, such as droughts and floods, continue to result in wide-spread food insecurity in the country. In 2014/15, for example, a delayed onset of the rainy season, coupled with dry spells and flooding in different parts of the country, reduced maize production by about 30 percent (MoAIWD 2016), resulting in 2.8 million people requiring emergency food assistance (FEWSNET 2015). At the time of writing in mid-2016, the effects of El Niño were predicted to reduce maize production further. Government estimated maize production to be 2.4 million metric tons for the 2015/16 season, the lowest since FISP was introduced in 2005/06 (MoAIWD 2016). Even more Malawians are likely to be pushed into food insecurity. 2016-06-07 2024-06-21T09:23:14Z 2024-06-21T09:23:14Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147731 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Edelman, Brent; Mabiso, Athur; Nyirenda, Zephania; Kazembe, Cynthia. 2016. Have market policies turned Malawi’s large-scale farmers into subsistence maize producers? MaSSP Policy Note 24. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147731 |
| spellingShingle | large-scale farming maize subsistence farming smallholders food security capacity development el niño shock resilience Edelman, Brent Mabiso, Athur Nyirenda, Zephania Kazembe, Cynthia Have market policies turned Malawi’s large-scale farmers into subsistence maize producers? |
| title | Have market policies turned Malawi’s large-scale farmers into subsistence maize producers? |
| title_full | Have market policies turned Malawi’s large-scale farmers into subsistence maize producers? |
| title_fullStr | Have market policies turned Malawi’s large-scale farmers into subsistence maize producers? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Have market policies turned Malawi’s large-scale farmers into subsistence maize producers? |
| title_short | Have market policies turned Malawi’s large-scale farmers into subsistence maize producers? |
| title_sort | have market policies turned malawi s large scale farmers into subsistence maize producers |
| topic | large-scale farming maize subsistence farming smallholders food security capacity development el niño shock resilience |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147731 |
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