Adoption of agroforestry and the impact on household food security among farmers in Malawi

ID:

AFEGM2

Full title:

This paper analyzes the impacts of adopting fertilizer trees on household food security using household data from maize farmers in Malawi after the Agroforestry Food Security Programme (AFSP) intervention implemented by ICRAF in 2007.

Publication date:

28 April 2017

Maps:

Agroforestry Evidence Gap Map

Study design:

Instrumental Variables (IV)

Other

Regions:

Sub-Saharan Africa

Countries:

Malawi

Interventions:

Farmer capacity development

Enhancing access to tree germplasm

Outcomes:

Productivity (yield)

Profitability

Income and household expenditure

Food security/nutrition

Type of technology:

Trees integrated in crop fields

Link:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308521X17303001