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Ghana hosts Malawi officials in knowledge sharing meeting

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Ghana’s National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) on Thursday, August 31, 2023 hosted officials from Malawi’s National Planning Commission (NPC) and Department of Economic Planning and Development (EP&D) to a knowledge sharing meeting during which technocrats from their two countries exchanged notes on their experiences in medium to long term national development planning and implementation. The …

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Downloads: The Economic Cost-benefit Analysis of Black Soldier Fly as an Alternative Animal and Fish Feed Ingredient in Malawi

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Insect farming is a high-potential emerging farming enterprise in sub-Saharan Africa and their production has a relatively small ecological footprint. Black Soldier Fly (BSF), Hermetia illucens, is a promising insect species for a sustainable and innovative alternative protein source in animal feed. Little or no evidence exists showing whether BSF is a viable alternative sustainable …

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Downloads: Assessing Alternatives to Tobacco Farming for Smallholders in Malawi

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This study uses nationally representative data on smallholder farmers in Malawi collected between 2009 and 2019, along with time series data on tobacco prices to consider the profitability of Malawian tobacco and potential alternative crops such as groundnuts, soybeans, pigeon pea and maize. We find that that the percentage of smallholder farmers growing tobacco declined …

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