Malawi’s agrifood system: Transformation and environmental impacts
This paper is an update of Country Brief 8 in the series of Agrifood System Diagnostics coauthored by De Weerdt et al. (2023). The important addition from the previous country brief is a new section assessing agriculture’s environmental footprint, focusing on water use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emiss...
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| author | Diao, Xinshen De Weerdt, Joachim Fang, Peixun Jones, Eleanor Nagoli, Joseph Pauw, Karl Thurlow, James |
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| description | This paper is an update of Country Brief 8 in the series of Agrifood System Diagnostics coauthored by De Weerdt et al. (2023). The important addition from the previous country brief is a new section assessing agriculture’s environmental footprint, focusing on water use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by subsector and over time. Unlike the previous version, this brief does not include a forward-looking analysis—using IFPRI’s Rural Investment and Policy Analysis (RIAPA) model (IFPRI 2023)—of the contribution of productivity growth in agricultural value chains on agrifood transformation, employment, and socioeconomic outcomes. For a recent and extensive value chain ranking analysis that incorporates RIAPA modeling results, readers are referred to Pienaar et al. (2023).
Malawi experienced slow growth in the post COVID-19 pandemic period. In addition to the economic impacts of the pandemic itself, the country suffered from high levels of public debt and a sustained balance of payments crisis. Global events such as the Russia-Ukraine conflict and adverse weather events such as Cyclone Freddy and the El Niño in 2023–2024 further prevented the Malawi economy from returning to pre-pandemic growth levels. Economic growth rates have dropped from an average of 4.1 percent in 2011–2019 to 2.2 percent since 2020 (World Bank 2025), with an average growth rate of 3.8 percent per year during 2009–2022. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1786682025-12-10T14:30:17Z Malawi’s agrifood system: Transformation and environmental impacts Diao, Xinshen De Weerdt, Joachim Fang, Peixun Jones, Eleanor Nagoli, Joseph Pauw, Karl Thurlow, James agrifood systems environmental impact value chains trade This paper is an update of Country Brief 8 in the series of Agrifood System Diagnostics coauthored by De Weerdt et al. (2023). The important addition from the previous country brief is a new section assessing agriculture’s environmental footprint, focusing on water use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by subsector and over time. Unlike the previous version, this brief does not include a forward-looking analysis—using IFPRI’s Rural Investment and Policy Analysis (RIAPA) model (IFPRI 2023)—of the contribution of productivity growth in agricultural value chains on agrifood transformation, employment, and socioeconomic outcomes. For a recent and extensive value chain ranking analysis that incorporates RIAPA modeling results, readers are referred to Pienaar et al. (2023). Malawi experienced slow growth in the post COVID-19 pandemic period. In addition to the economic impacts of the pandemic itself, the country suffered from high levels of public debt and a sustained balance of payments crisis. Global events such as the Russia-Ukraine conflict and adverse weather events such as Cyclone Freddy and the El Niño in 2023–2024 further prevented the Malawi economy from returning to pre-pandemic growth levels. Economic growth rates have dropped from an average of 4.1 percent in 2011–2019 to 2.2 percent since 2020 (World Bank 2025), with an average growth rate of 3.8 percent per year during 2009–2022. 2025-12-09 2025-12-09T17:11:52Z 2025-12-09T17:11:52Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/178668 en https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136801 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Diao, Xinshen; De Weerdt, Joachim; Fang, Peixun; Jones, Eleanor; Nagoli, Joseph; et al. 2025. Malawi’s agrifood system: Transformation and environmental impacts. IFPRI Working Paper. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/178668 |
| spellingShingle | agrifood systems environmental impact value chains trade Diao, Xinshen De Weerdt, Joachim Fang, Peixun Jones, Eleanor Nagoli, Joseph Pauw, Karl Thurlow, James Malawi’s agrifood system: Transformation and environmental impacts |
| title | Malawi’s agrifood system: Transformation and environmental impacts |
| title_full | Malawi’s agrifood system: Transformation and environmental impacts |
| title_fullStr | Malawi’s agrifood system: Transformation and environmental impacts |
| title_full_unstemmed | Malawi’s agrifood system: Transformation and environmental impacts |
| title_short | Malawi’s agrifood system: Transformation and environmental impacts |
| title_sort | malawi s agrifood system transformation and environmental impacts |
| topic | agrifood systems environmental impact value chains trade |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/178668 |
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