Agricultural growth, poverty, and nutrition linkages in Malawi

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dc.creatorPauw, Karl
dc.creatorEcker, Olivier
dc.creatorMazunda, John
dc.date2011
dc.date2024-10-01T14:04:04Z
dc.date2024-10-01T14:04:04Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:10:03Z
dc.descriptionWhile economic growth is generally acknowledged as a necessary precondition for reducing poverty, relatively little is known about how growth and nutrition are related. Therefore, questions persist regarding how to leverage economic policies so that they have a larger impact on nutrition. In recent years the Malawian government allocated a large share of its resources to the Farm Input Subsidy Program (FISP). Subsidized fertilizer and seed mainly for maize production led to rapid GDP growth during 2005-2010. It is obvious that an abundant supply of the calorie-laden staple maize is good for reducing calorie deficiency; however, it is less clear how FISP has affected micronutrient deficiencies, which are high in Malawi. This brief explores diverse poverty and nutritional outcomes of recent maize-led growth in Malawi and considers outcomes under two plausible future growth scenarios.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/154814
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/96527
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourcePauw, Karl; Ecker, Olivier; Mazunda, John. 2011. Agricultural growth, poverty, and nutrition linkages in Malawi. MaSSP Policy Note 8. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154814
dc.subjectagriculture
dc.subjectnutrition
dc.subjectpoverty
dc.subjectfarm inputs
dc.titleAgricultural growth, poverty, and nutrition linkages in Malawi
dc.typeWorking Paper

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