Changes in food and nutrition security in Malawi: Analysis of recent survey evidence
A large proportion of Malawian households are caught in a trap where poverty and food insecurity reinforce one another and where periods of food deficits and severe food crises are frequent occurrences. In recognition of this, the Malawian government has since 2005/06 implemented a large-scale Farm...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
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| author | Verduzco-Gallo, Íñigo Ecker, Olivier Pauw, Karl |
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| description | A large proportion of Malawian households are caught in a trap where poverty and food insecurity reinforce one another and where periods of food deficits and severe food crises are frequent occurrences. In recognition of this, the Malawian government has since 2005/06 implemented a large-scale Farm Input Subsidy Program (FISP), which supplies half of smallholder farmers with sufficient fertilizer and maize seeds to satisfy the maize consumption needs of an average-sized family. While the program boosted maize production and lowered maize prices, thus ensuring increased caloric availability at the household level, its effect on overall food consumption, dietary diversity, micronutrient deficiency, and child nutrition is less clear. This study evaluates household expenditure survey data to measure changes in nutrition outcomes between 2004/05 and 2010/11. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1511942025-11-06T05:07:55Z Changes in food and nutrition security in Malawi: Analysis of recent survey evidence Verduzco-Gallo, Íñigo Ecker, Olivier Pauw, Karl nutrition security seeds maize farm inputs smallholders nutrition trace elements vitamin deficiencies food security subsidies diet dietary diversity A large proportion of Malawian households are caught in a trap where poverty and food insecurity reinforce one another and where periods of food deficits and severe food crises are frequent occurrences. In recognition of this, the Malawian government has since 2005/06 implemented a large-scale Farm Input Subsidy Program (FISP), which supplies half of smallholder farmers with sufficient fertilizer and maize seeds to satisfy the maize consumption needs of an average-sized family. While the program boosted maize production and lowered maize prices, thus ensuring increased caloric availability at the household level, its effect on overall food consumption, dietary diversity, micronutrient deficiency, and child nutrition is less clear. This study evaluates household expenditure survey data to measure changes in nutrition outcomes between 2004/05 and 2010/11. 2014 2024-08-01T02:55:52Z 2024-08-01T02:55:52Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151194 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Verduzco-Gallo, Íñigo; Ecker, Olivier and Pauw, Karl. 2014. Changes in food and nutrition security in Malawi: Analysis of recent survey evidence. MaSSP Working Paper 6. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151194 |
| spellingShingle | nutrition security seeds maize farm inputs smallholders nutrition trace elements vitamin deficiencies food security subsidies diet dietary diversity Verduzco-Gallo, Íñigo Ecker, Olivier Pauw, Karl Changes in food and nutrition security in Malawi: Analysis of recent survey evidence |
| title | Changes in food and nutrition security in Malawi: Analysis of recent survey evidence |
| title_full | Changes in food and nutrition security in Malawi: Analysis of recent survey evidence |
| title_fullStr | Changes in food and nutrition security in Malawi: Analysis of recent survey evidence |
| title_full_unstemmed | Changes in food and nutrition security in Malawi: Analysis of recent survey evidence |
| title_short | Changes in food and nutrition security in Malawi: Analysis of recent survey evidence |
| title_sort | changes in food and nutrition security in malawi analysis of recent survey evidence |
| topic | nutrition security seeds maize farm inputs smallholders nutrition trace elements vitamin deficiencies food security subsidies diet dietary diversity |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151194 |
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