What is the evidence-base for climate-smart agriculture in Malawi? An analysis of what works where powered by Evidence for Resilient Agriculture (ERA)
Agriculture drives Malawi’s economy. This sector accounts for 30% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), generates more than 80% of the national export earnings and employs 64% of the country's workforce. This productivity results in large part from the actions of smallholder farmers, which generate 70% of the economic agricultural value in the country. Much of this productivity is from maize, which covers about 50% of the total cultivated land in Malawi and is grown by 97% of farmers. Other major food crops include cassava, rice, sorghum, sweet potato, beans, groundnuts and pigeon pea.
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , , |
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| Format: | Brief biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
2020-05-06
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| Subjects: | climate-smart agriculture, food security, agriculture, climate change, |
| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/108157 |
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