In Malawi, USAID and IFPRI launched the Malawi Strategy Support Program (MaSSP) in 2009 to collaborate with the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security in reaching the country’s agricultural, food security, and poverty reduction goals. Challenges to Soya Export Promotion, a recent examination of the soya export sector by MaSSP, motivated a review and current revision of the Control of Goods Act (expected to be finalized in 2017) to advance Malawi’s export activities. In 2014, MaSSP, in partnership with the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, facilitated a national symposium that developed and presented recommendations to the Ministry of Agriculture to make the government’s Farm Input Subsidy Programme (FISP) more efficient in helping transform agriculture in Malawi. Among the recommendations, the Malawi government took up two for adoption and announced the reforms to FISP in a press release in October 2016: increase farmer contributions and private-sector involvement in the distribution of farm input coupons.
The Outcome Brochures show how IFPRI’s food policy research has contributed to reducing poverty and improving food security for the world’s poor in a number of key areas. With a focus on a particular country, region, or donor organization, the brochures highlight the outcomes, use or influence of the IFPRI’s research programs.
As part of IFPRI’s 40th Anniversary celebration, 12 stories were published that reflect on the Institute’s work on key issues, such as social protection, gender, nutrition, and partnerships with key countries, including Bangladesh and Ethiopia.
Impact Assessment work examines the policy and development outcomes and contributions to impact of IFPRI's research.
