Brief 1. Agriculture Commercialization in Malawi, Productivity and Diversification, Prospects and Pathways
Malawi’s agriculture has for decades been largely subsistence oriented, dominated by small-scale farmers suffering productivity challenges. Our new development vision stresses the need to transform the sector to make it highly productive and commercialized, towards wealth creation and self-reliance. Diversifying the sector has been touted as one of the key strategies towards optimal productivity in the sector. This policy brief unravels prospects and pathways for ensuring Malawi’s agriculture is diversified enough to create wealth for the country and the people.
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Policy brief 2. Agriculture Mechanization in Malawi: Efforts, Obstacles, Policy Implications and Options
Optimization of agriculture productivity is one key policy and programmatic focus of Malawi 2063 Pillar one. Mechanization is one of the strategic investment interventions needed to spearhead the drive to higher agriculture productivity and commercialized agriculture system. This policy briefs discusses status of Mechanisation in Malawi’s agriculture, policy propositions and priority options which ought to be acted on if the mechanization drive is to productively transform agriculture towards attainment of a lower middle-income status for Malawi.
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Policy brief 3. Financing Opportunities for a Highly Productive and Commercialized Agriculture sector
Among the key challenges confronting Malawi’s agriculture sector interventions is finance. A highly productive and commercialized agriculture sector being pursued in the current vision calls for sustainable and inclusive access to finance. What policy and programmatic issues ought to be considered as we think about financing agriculture productivity in the country? This policy briefs unearths problems and challenges on financing agriculture, policy solutions and interventions which could be considered in an effort to address financial challenges in the sector.
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