Space, markets and employment in agricultural development: Malawi

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dc.contributor.authorChirwa, Ephraim
dc.contributor.authorMatita, Mirriam
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-26T08:56:54Z
dc.date.available2019-02-26T08:56:54Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractAgriculture plays a significant role in Malawi’s national economy, contributing 35% to gross domestic product, 90% to foreign exchange earnings and providing employment to more than 80% of the labour force. Particularly in such agricultural-based economies, growth in the agricultural sector has long been assumed to benefit the rural non-farm sector. Agriculture potentially benefits the non-farm sector through various production or consumption expenditure ‘linkages’, including local expenditure by farmers and their workers (Haggblade et al., 2010). However, the economic and employment benefits of agriculture crucially depend on the spatial patterns of agricultural production, processing and marketing (and their linkages to local markets). These are considered in what follows.en_US
dc.identifier.citationChirwa, E. et al. (2015). Space, markets and employment in agricultural development: Malawi. Policy Brief 36, Bellville: Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Capeen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/4291
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInstitute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Capeen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Brief;36
dc.subjectMarketsen_US
dc.subjectEmploymenten_US
dc.subjectAgricultural developmenten_US
dc.subjectMalawien_US
dc.subjectNational economyen_US
dc.titleSpace, markets and employment in agricultural development: Malawien_US
dc.typeOtheren_US

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