Despite progress, Malawi faces development challenges of poverty, food insecurity, and malnutrition. To address these issues, the Government of Malawi developed a National Resilience Strategy (NRS) to guide investments in agriculture, promote household resilience, strengthen management of Malawi’s natural resources, and work closely together with stakeholders. CARE and partners, including IFPRI’s Compact2025 initiative and funding […]
Featured Resources: Week of October 22
Ceres2030 will build global consensus on the interventions needed to end hunger and transform the lives of the world’s poorest farmers while protecting the environment. Led by Cornell’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, IFPRI, and the International Institute of Sustainable Development, this new initiative will support the development and monitoring of a global donor […]
Featured Resources: Week of March 12
Nearly all African countries improved levels of child nutrition between 2000 and 2015 but disparities persist across and within countries according to researchers from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation—at current rates, no country will meet the Sustainable Development Goal target to end malnutrition by 2030. Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary-General, responded to the […]
“Malawi must move from relief to resilience“
Dr. Saulos Chilima, Vice President of Malawi and Compact2025 Leadership Council member, wrote on op-ed on the actions urgently required for Malawi to move from humanitarian relief to food system resilience. The article draws from Chilima’s keynote address at IFPRI’s recent Compact2025 Forum in Lilongwe and emphasizes five key points: Identify successful programs to be […]
Featured Resources: Week of November 6
Compact2025 and partners recently organized forums on accelerating progress to end hunger and malnutrition in Rwanda and breaking the cycle of food shortages and humanitarian responses in Malawi. These events followed up on roundtable discussions held in each country in 2016, to assess progress based on last year’s recommendations and develop plans of action in […]
