This article uses nationally representative household-level panel data from Malawi to estimate how rural population …

agriculture in Malawi and Zambia are summarized. Implications for policy and research are drawn. A case for increased public … spending on agriculture is presented first, followed by a region-wide perspective and a focus on Malawi and Zambia. … know what public spending on agriculture sector will have the largest impact on the poor and how the resources should be …

Our study provides a nationally representative analysis of the gender gap in agricultural productivity in Malawi. We …

This paper evaluates the quality of the data collected as part of the Kenya and Malawi Diffusion and Ideational Change … regarding family size, family planning, and HIV/AIDS in, respectively, rural Kenya and Malawi. We investigate three sources of …

Deforestation arising from conversion of forest areas into agriculture is a serious problem in Malawi. Cultivation of …. Finally, a simple methodology is developed to estimate the extent of poverty-driven deforestation in Malawi. …

Using data obtained from a survey carried out in six villages in various parts of rural Malawi, this paper examines … self-sufficiency through increased productivity and from engaging in high-return agriculture such as tobacco production …

Burley tobacco production in Malawi was liberalized to permit production by smallholders in the early 1990s. The … purpose of this paper is to show which smallholders began producing burley tobacco after liberalization and which smallholders … still continue to produce it. Analysis of the characteristics of burley tobacco producers shows that only smallholders who …