Farmers who once relied on food aid, and were too poor to buy seeds, are once again farming remote parts of Tajikistan.
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Small-scale farmers in Malawi latest beneficiaries under UN local purchase scheme
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2 July 2010 – Malawi has become the latest country to join an innovative scheme by which the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) buys surplus from local farmers’ organizations for its aid operations, thereby helping to boost agricultural production and incomes in developing nations.
This week WFP bought 50 tons of maize from the Grain and Legumes Association, a farmers’ organization made up of over 95,000 smallholder farmers, as part of the agency’s Purchase for Progress (P4P) initiative.
Now launched in 21 countries, the initiative uses WFP’s purchasing power to connect smallholder farmers to agricultural markets, helping them to successfully compete for bids and improve the lives of their families and communities.
IMF Executive Board Concludes 2009 Article IV Consultation with Malawi
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Public Information Notice (PIN) No. 10/38
March 16, 2010 -- Public Information Notices (PINs) form part of the IMF's efforts to promote transparency of the IMF's views and analysis of economic developments and policies. With the consent of the country (or countries) concerned, PINs are issued after Executive Board discussions of Article IV consultations with member countries, of its surveillance of developments at the regional level, of post-program monitoring, and of ex post assessments of member countries with longer-term program engagements. PINs are also issued after Executive Board discussions of general policy matters, unless otherwise decided by the Executive Board in a particular case.
CAADP Compact signing
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04/19/2010 00:00
04/20/2010 00:00
Indian/Antananarivo
Location: Malawi
CAADP Compact signing
CAADP Roundtable process CAADP
http://www.nepad-caadp.net/
Date:
Monday, April 19, 2010 - Tuesday, April 20, 2010
CAADP High-Level Awareness Seminar
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04/09/2010 00:00
04/09/2010 00:00
Indian/Antananarivo
Location: Malawi
CAADP High-Level Awareness Seminar (with partners)
http://www.nepad-caadp.net/
Date:
Friday, April 9, 2010
AU Ministers of Finance Meeting
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03/30/2010 00:00
04/02/2010 00:00
Indian/Antananarivo
Location: Malawi
AU Ministers of Finance Meeting
African Union
http://www.africa-union.org
Date:
Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - Friday, April 2, 2010
Malawi
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Country Report
Country Fiche
Statistics:
- Total population (2008): 14,3 million
- Gross national income per capita (2008- Atlas method current US$): 290
Tackling Weaknesses in Agricultural Statistics in Africa: the LSMS-ISA Project
November 23, 2009—The World Bank’s World Development Report 2008 highlighted the key role of agriculture in meeting the 2015 targets laid out by the Millennium Development Goals. Soon after the report was published in late 2007, the global food crisis sharply underlined the need for sound agricultural policy and stronger agricultural information systems.
The World Bank and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation are working together on a new initiative aimed at improving agricultural data in Sub-Saharan Africa. At the heart of this project is engagement with government counterparts in both line ministries and national statistical offices to design and implement panel household surveys emphasizing agriculture.
