@article{Muyanga:329230,
      recid = {329230},
      author = {Muyanga, Milu and Nyirenda, Zephania and Lifeyo, Yanjani  and Burke, William J.},
      title = {The Future of Smallholder Farming in Malawi},
      address = {2020-08-26},
      number = {2465-2022-1947},
      series = {MwAPATA Institute Policy Brief No.2},
      month = {Aug},
      year = {2020},
      abstract = {• Farm size in Malawi averages 0.73; roughly 30% of  Malawian farmers are near landless, operating less than 0.5  ha. • Given current low levels of farm productivity, farm  sizes are too low to allow the majority of rural households  to derive enough income from farming to get out of poverty.  • Raising agricultural productivity on smallholder farms is  a precondition for economic transformation in Malawi; farm  productivity growth will determine the rate of employment  and income expansion in the rest of the economy. • Raising  agricultural productivity in Malawi will require  substantially increased investment in research and  development, agricultural extension, and infrastructure  (e.g. roads, electricity, irrigation, etc.). •  Strengthening individualized tenure rights and rural  financial institutions will promote sustainable  agricultural productivity growth. • Increased private  investment in Malawian agriculture is crucial, but it is  the state that determines the how much private investment  flows into the country. The flow of private investment to  Malawian agriculture will rise dramatically when the state  creates and begins to implement a compelling and  comprehensive vision for agri-food systems development.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/329230},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.329230},
}