Mapping the linkages between agriculture, food security and nutrition in Malawi

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dc.creatorAberman, Noora-Lisa
dc.creatorMeerman, Janice
dc.creatorBenson, Todd
dc.date2015-12-16
dc.date2024-08-01T02:50:00Z
dc.date2024-08-01T02:50:00Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:25:51Z
dc.descriptionSmallholder agriculture is the mainstay of Malawi’s economy. Its importance for livelihoods cannot be overstated. 94 percent of rural residents and 38 percent of urban residents engage in agriculture to some extent (Jones, Shrinivas, and Bezner-Kerr 2014), the vast majority as smallholder farmers with landholdings of less than one hectare. Smallholder crops are primarily maize—which accounted for nearly 80 percent of smallholder-cultivated land in 2011 —followed by cassava and other food crops (FAO 2008; IFAD 2011). These foods are grown for household consumption and for sale at local and regional markets. As such, the Malawian food supply, especially in rural areas where markets are thin with few buying or selling options, is shaped largely by trends in smallholder food-crop production
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/149812
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/104160
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceAberman, Noora-Lisa; Meerman, Janice; and Benson, Todd, eds. 2015. Mapping the linkages between agriculture, food security and nutrition in Malawi. Lilongwe, Malawi; and Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149812
dc.subjectnutrition security
dc.subjectagriculture
dc.subjectsmallholders
dc.subjectnutrition
dc.subjectfood security
dc.subjectpoverty
dc.titleMapping the linkages between agriculture, food security and nutrition in Malawi
dc.typeReport

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