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45: Welfare impacts of seasonal maize price fluctuations in Malawi

Levison Chiwaula, Joachim De Weerdt, Jan Duchoslav, Joseph Goeb, Anderson Gondwe and Aubrey Jolex

44: Fertilizer subsidies in Malawi: From past to present

Todd Benson, Joachim De Weerdt, Jan Duchoslav and Winford Masanjala

43: Rural underemployment and urbanization: Insights from a nine year household panel survey from Malawi

Hanne Van Cappellen and Joachim De Weerdt

42: Leveraging urbanization for inclusive development in Malawi: Anchoring the secondary city development of Salima and Chipoka in a modernizing fruit value chain

Joachim De Weerdt, Louw Pienaar, Emmanuel Hami and Wiltrud Durand

41: Primary agricultural cooperatives in Malawi: Structure, conduct, and performance

Kristin Davis, Cynthia Kazembe, Todd Benson, Joachim De Weerdt and Jan Duchoslav

40: Employment options and challenges for rural households in Malawi: An agriculture and rural employment analysis of the fifth Malawi Integrated Household Survey, 2019/20

Todd Benson and Joachim De Weerdt

39: Targeting hunger or votes? The political economy of humanitarian transfers in Malawi

Jan Duchoslav, Edwin Kenamu and Jack Thunde

38: Are the drivers of production and sales of maize, groundnut, and soyabean by farming households in Malawi changing? Analysis of recent household surveys

Aubrey Jolex and Todd Benson

37: The short-term impacts of COVID-19 on the Malawian economy 2020-2021: A SAM multiplier modeling analysis

Bob Baulch, Rosemary Botha and Karl Pauw

36: Determinants of children’s nutritional status in Malawi

Lemekezani Chilora and Jan Duchoslav

35: Who uses and who benefits from warehouse receipt systems? An examination of contract level transactions on the Agricultural Commodity Exchange for Africa, 2011–2018

Jack Thunde and Bob Baulch

34: Beyond the passbook relationship: Assessing preferences for contracts among cotton and tea farmers and companies in Malawi

Dennis O. Ochieng

33: Market information and access to structured markets by small farmers and traders: Evidence from an action research experiment in central Malawi

Dennis O. Ochieng, Rosemary Botha and Bob Baulch

32: Patterns of change in Malawi’s economy under sector-focused investment strategies: Results of scenarios run through 2030 using an economy-wide model for Malawi

Todd Benson and Faaiqa Hartley

31: Consumer choices and demand for tilapia in urban Malawi: What are the complementarities and trade-offs?

Christopher T. M. Chikowi, Dennis O. Ochieng and Charles Jumbe

30: Are Malawian diets changing? An assessment of nutrient consumption and dietary patterns using household-level evidence from 2010/11 and 2016/17

Rachel Gilbert, Todd Benson and Olivier Ecker

29: Structure, conduct and performance of maize markets in Malawi

Dennis O. Ochieng, Rosemary Botha and Bob Baulch

28: Nutrient and mycotoxin content of commercially-sold premixed infant cereals in Malawi

Rachel Gilbert, Binita Subedi, Jessica Wallingford, Norbert Wilson and William Masters

27: Malawi's challenging employment landscape

Bob Baulch, Todd Benson, Alvina Erman, Yanjanani Lifeyo and Priscilla Mkweta

26: Are social safety nets and input subsidies reaching the poor in Malawi?

Jan Duchoslav and Edwin Kenamu

25: Commodity exchanges and warehouse receipts in Malawi: Current status and their implications for the development of structured markets

Bob Baulch, Adam Gross, Justice Chimgonda Nkhoma and Chikumbutso Mtemwa

24: Examining perceptions of food assistance on household food security and resilience in Malawi

Amy Margolies, Kenan Kalagho and Cynthia Kazembe

23: The impact of a farmer business school program on incomes of smallholder farmers: Insights from central Malawi

Joanna Chilemba and Catherine Ragasa

22: Impacts of the 2016/17 food insecurity response program on maize prices in Malawi

Bob Baulch, Anderson Gondwe and Chiyembekezo Chafuwa

21: Market participation of smallholder common bean producers in Malawi

Yanjanani Lifeyo

20: Impact of Malawi’s Farm Income Diversification Programme on household welfare: Empirical evidence from eleven districts

Cuthbert Wadonda Chirwa, Donald Makoka, Beston B. Maonga and Ng’ong’ola, Davies H.

19: Consumer choice of dry common beans in Malawi: The case of Lilongwe City

Marynia Tumeo, Lawrence Mapemba, Abdi-Khalil Edriss and Horace Phiri

18: Tobacco contractual arrangements in Malawi and their impact on smallholder farmers: Evidence from Burley Tobacco contracts

Abel Kondwani Shaba, Abdi-Khalil Edriss, J. H. Mangisoni and M. A. R. Phiri

17: Localized public investment and agricultural performance in Malawi: An econometric approach

Chance Mwabutwa

16: Discretionary maize policy interventions in Malawi: An impact analysis of export bans and minimum farm gate prices

Brent Edelman

15: Achieving food security and industrial development in Malawi: Are export restrictions the solution?

Emerta Aragie, Karl Pauw and Valentina Pernechele

14: Household resilience to drought: The case of Salima District in Malawi

Taonga F. Banda, M.A.R. Phiri, L.D. Mapemba and Beston B. Maonga

13: Strategic Options for Agriculture and Development in Malawi

Andrew Dorward and Ephraim Chirwa

12: Strengthening storage, credit, and food security linkages: The role and potential impact of warehouse receipt systems in Malawi

Brent Edelman, Hak Lim Lee, Athur Mabiso and Karl Pauw

11: Challenges to soya export promotion: An institutional analysis of trade policy in Malawi

Noora-Lisa Aberman and Brent Edelman

10: Analysis of the effectiveness of modern information and communication technologies on maize marketing efficiency in Malawi markets

Sarah E. Tione Chowa

9: Maize yield response to nitrogen in Malawi’s smallholder production systems

Sieglinde S. Snapp, Thomas Jayne, Wezi Mhango, Todd Benson and Jacob Ricker-Gilbert

8: Modeling potential impacts of future climate change in Mzimba District Malawi, 2040-2070: An Integrated Biophysical and Economic Modeling Approach

Arthur Chibwana Gama, Lawrence Mapemba, Patricia Masikat, Sabine Homann-Kee Tui, Olivier Crespo and Elizabeth Bandason

7: Spatial price integration among selected bean markets in Malawi: A threshold autoregressive model approach

Wezzie S. Mtumbuka, Lawrence Mapemba, Beston Maonga and Mannex Mwabumba

6: Changes in food and nutrition security in Malawi: Analysis of recent survey evidence

Verduzco-Gallo, à ñigo, Olivier Ecker and Karl Pauw

5: The determinants and extent of crop diversification among smallholder farmers: A case study of Southern Province, Zambia

Kiru Sichoongwe, Lawrence Mapemba, Davies Ng'ong'ola and Gelson Tembo

4: Does irrigation have an impact on food security and poverty: Evidence from Bwanje Valley Irrigation Scheme in Malawi

Rudolf Nkhata

3: Maize Price Differences and Evidence of Spatial Integration in Malawi: The case of selected markets

Lovemore Nyongo

2: Political economy of agricultural producer support in Malawi: An econometric test of determinants of producer protection in the maize sector

Horace Phiri and Abdi-Khalil Edriss

1: Neopatrimonialism and agricultural protection: The case of maize in Malawi

Horace Phiri and Abdi-Khalil Edriss