Agricultural growth, poverty, and nutrition linkages in Malawi
While economic growth is generally acknowledged as a necessary precondition for reducing poverty, relatively little is known about how growth and nutrition are related. Therefore, questions persist regarding how to leverage economic policies so that they have a larger impact on nutrition. In recent...
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| author | Pauw, Karl Ecker, Olivier Mazunda, John |
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| description | While economic growth is generally acknowledged as a necessary precondition for reducing poverty, relatively little is known about how growth and nutrition are related. Therefore, questions persist regarding how to leverage economic policies so that they have a larger impact on nutrition. In recent years the Malawian government allocated a large share of its resources to the Farm Input Subsidy Program (FISP). Subsidized fertilizer and seed mainly for maize production led to rapid GDP growth during 2005-2010. It is obvious that an abundant supply of the calorie-laden staple maize is good for reducing calorie deficiency; however, it is less clear how FISP has affected micronutrient deficiencies, which are high in Malawi. This brief explores diverse poverty and nutritional outcomes of recent maize-led growth in Malawi and considers outcomes under two plausible future growth scenarios. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1548142025-11-06T05:52:25Z Agricultural growth, poverty, and nutrition linkages in Malawi Pauw, Karl Ecker, Olivier Mazunda, John agriculture nutrition poverty farm inputs While economic growth is generally acknowledged as a necessary precondition for reducing poverty, relatively little is known about how growth and nutrition are related. Therefore, questions persist regarding how to leverage economic policies so that they have a larger impact on nutrition. In recent years the Malawian government allocated a large share of its resources to the Farm Input Subsidy Program (FISP). Subsidized fertilizer and seed mainly for maize production led to rapid GDP growth during 2005-2010. It is obvious that an abundant supply of the calorie-laden staple maize is good for reducing calorie deficiency; however, it is less clear how FISP has affected micronutrient deficiencies, which are high in Malawi. This brief explores diverse poverty and nutritional outcomes of recent maize-led growth in Malawi and considers outcomes under two plausible future growth scenarios. 2011 2024-10-01T14:04:04Z 2024-10-01T14:04:04Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154814 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Pauw, Karl; Ecker, Olivier; Mazunda, John. 2011. Agricultural growth, poverty, and nutrition linkages in Malawi. MaSSP Policy Note 8. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154814 |
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| title | Agricultural growth, poverty, and nutrition linkages in Malawi |
| title_full | Agricultural growth, poverty, and nutrition linkages in Malawi |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Agricultural growth, poverty, and nutrition linkages in Malawi |
| title_short | Agricultural growth, poverty, and nutrition linkages in Malawi |
| title_sort | agricultural growth poverty and nutrition linkages in malawi |
| topic | agriculture nutrition poverty farm inputs |
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