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  1. Library Resource
    February, 2014
    Malawi

    Diversification into high-value cash
    crops among smallholders has been propagated as a strategy
    to improve welfare in rural areas. However, the extent to
    which cash crop production spurs projected gains remains an
    under-researched question, especially in the context of
    market imperfections leading to non-separable production and
    consumption decisions, and price shocks to staple crops that
    might be displaced on the farm by cash crops. This study is

  2. Library Resource
    February, 2014
    Malawi

    This paper contributes to the
    long-standing debate on the merits of decentralized
    beneficiary targeting in the administration of development
    programs, focusing on the large-scale Malawi Farm Input
    Subsidy Program. Nationally-representative household survey
    data are used to systematically analyze the decentralized
    targeting performance of the program during the 2009-2010
    agricultural season. The analysis begins with a standard

  3. Library Resource
    March, 2014
    Malawi

    Across the developing world, public
    goods exert significant impacts on the local rural economy
    in general and agricultural productivity and welfare
    outcomes in particular. Economic and social-cultural
    heterogeneity have, however, long been documented as
    detrimental to collective capacity to provide public goods.
    In particular, women are often under-represented in local
    leadership and decision-making processes, as are young

  4. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    January, 2014
    Malawi, Africa

    Evidence exists which shows growing disillusionment with and disinterest in agricultural-based livelihoods among the youth in Africa south of the Sahara. This disillusionment raises concerns for the future of agriculture for the developing world as it can lead to higher rural urban migration, unemployment and lowered agricultural productivity. The engagement of youth in agricultural policy formulation processes is seen as one avenue for motivating youth engagement in agriculture.

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