The objective of this paper was to examine the relationship between farm size and agricultural productivity using data … from Malawi. This paper has examined the relationship using ordinary least squares regression with heteroskedasticity … probably the post market liberalization period (1990s) became characterized by an inverse farm size productivity relationship …

general equilibrium model, this paper argues that climate change will negatively affect agricultural productivity in Africa …

population density and limited off-farm employment opportunities, enhancing agriculture productivity is key for sustainable … without significant growth in agriculture it will be virtually impossible to address poverty reduction. Given the high … largely determined by total factor productivity (TFP), which in turn is affected by macroeconomic policies and stability, and …

data set and the latest technique for analysis. The paper focuses on growth in total factor productivity and its … period, total factor productivity has experienced a positive evolution in sampled countries. This good performance of the … regression in productivity in the 1970s, and made some progress during the 1980s and 1990s. The study also highlights the fact …

price shocks and a decline in productivity; these effects caused sub-optimal performance in the agricultural sector. This …

massive variation of agricultural labor productivity across countries. The development of credit markets enables more agents … agriculture as well as increases the supply of modern intermediate inputs to agriculture. Agricultural producers accordingly …, output per worker in agriculture is improved. Poor countries with less-developed credit markets are, therefore, far less …

representing Malawi in 2007 linked to household survey to examine how different trade policy reforms by Malawi and the rest of the … world would impact poverty in Malawi. The country’s recent agricultural growth history due to the Fertilizer Input Subsidy … agriculture and downstream sectors are compared with those of integrating in the regional and multilateral markets. Non …

The objective of the paper is to examine the sustainability of the current account in Malawi. The study employs both … econometric analyses and solvency approaches to complement each other. Results from both approaches confirm that Malawi’s current … reveal that for Malawi’s current account to move towards a sustainable path, particular attention should be paid to the …