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

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dc.creatorVerduzco-Gallo, Íñigo
dc.creatorEcker, Olivier
dc.creatorPauw, Karl
dc.date2014
dc.date2024-08-01T02:55:52Z
dc.date2024-08-01T02:55:52Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T14:56:58Z
dc.descriptionA large proportion of Malawian households are caught in a trap where poverty and food insecurity reinforce one another and where periods of food deficits and severe food crises are frequent occurrences. In recognition of this, the Malawian government has since 2005/06 implemented a large-scale Farm Input Subsidy Program (FISP), which supplies half of smallholder farmers with sufficient fertilizer and maize seeds to satisfy the maize consumption needs of an average-sized family. While the program boosted maize production and lowered maize prices, thus ensuring increased caloric availability at the household level, its effect on overall food consumption, dietary diversity, micronutrient deficiency, and child nutrition is less clear. This study evaluates household expenditure survey data to measure changes in nutrition outcomes between 2004/05 and 2010/11.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/151194
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/90294
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceVerduzco-Gallo, Íñigo; Ecker, Olivier and Pauw, Karl. 2014. Changes in food and nutrition security in Malawi: Analysis of recent survey evidence. MaSSP Working Paper 6. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151194
dc.subjectnutrition security
dc.subjectseeds
dc.subjectmaize
dc.subjectfarm inputs
dc.subjectsmallholders
dc.subjectnutrition
dc.subjecttrace elements
dc.subjectvitamin deficiencies
dc.subjectfood security
dc.subjectsubsidies
dc.subjectdiet
dc.subjectdietary diversity
dc.titleChanges in food and nutrition security in Malawi: Analysis of recent survey evidence
dc.typeWorking Paper

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