Blar i Master's theses (HH) på emneord "Malawi"
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Determinants of farm households' cropland allocation and crop diversification decisions: The role of fertilizer subsidies in Malawi
(Master thesis, 2011-12-30)This study analyzes how fertilizer subsidies to maize production in Malawi affects farm households’ crop choice, cropland allocation and crop diversification level. The analysis is based on a three-year household survey ... -
Does off-farm income compete with farm income?: Evidence from Malawi
(Master thesis, 2011-12-30)In rural areas of Malawi, where farmers have small land holding sizes, abundant labour resources and where markets are imperfect; off-farm income has complex but interesting linkages with farm productivity. The question ... -
Girls versus boys? Factors associated with children's schooling in rural Malawi
(Master thesis, 2012-11-14)The decision on whether to send children to school or not is essentially one made by the household. Recent research has increasingly focused on how intra-household bargaining affects the school participation decision, and ... -
Livelihood strategies and the prevalence of poverty in rural Malawi : the case of Central and Southern regions
(Master thesis, 2010-12-10)Rural households in developing countries like Malawi often take on a diversity of livelihood activities in an attempt to smooth consumption and improve on their general wellbeing. However, their choices to any of the ... -
Market liberalization and spatial market integration : the case of Malawian maize markets
(Master thesis, 2017)The role of markets in influencing food security cannot be overemphasized. Therefore it is important to understand how policies aimed at influencing market policy have performed. This paper studies how market liberalization ... -
Raising labour productivity to solve the paradox; labour shortage in the labour surplus economy; Malawi. (Is targeted fertilizer subsidy the solution?)
(Master thesis, 2010-11-30)Rural Malawian households are facing seasonal labour shortage problem at the peak time of their agricultural season while they are farming in a generally labour surplus economy. This problem is shared by many developing ...