dc.contributor.author | Mkamanga, G.Y. | |
dc.contributor.author | Ngwira, L.D.M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Cusack, T.J. | |
dc.coverage.spatial | Malawi. | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-04-26T13:19:38Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-04-26T13:19:38Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1991 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Mkamanga, G.Y., Ngwira, L.D.M. and Cusack, T.J. (1991) Setting national agricultural research priorities for household food security: the Malawian experience. In: Rukuni, M. and Wyckoff, J.B. (eds.) Market reforms, research policies and SADCC food security. Harare: UZ/MSU Food Security Research in Southern Africa Project, pp. 268-286. | en |
dc.identifier.isbn | 0-7974-1000-7 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/11455 | |
dc.description | A research paper on the preliminary results of Malawi's agricultural research priorities. | en |
dc.description.abstract | This paper presents the preliminary results of a study of strategic agricultural research priorities for the Malawi Department of Agricultural Research. The analysis used a weighted criteria (scoring) approach to generate a ranking of priorities by commodity and by research area. The study is only partly completed.
Four objectives for the research system were identified and weighted. Based on these objectives, eight criteria were selected and used to generate the following ranking of priorities by commodity: maize, roots/tubers, livestock, vegetables, tropical fruits, other grain legumes, sorghum/millet, groundnuts, rice, cotton, temperate fruits, oil-seeds, wheat/barley, tree nuts and coffee. It was concluded from an analysis of current research funding that, although existing funding was in general agreement with the priorities generated by this study, opportunities remain for adjusting resource allocations to agree more closely with these priorities. In fact, these priorities are presently being used to plan resource use in the Department. | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | USAID (Southern African Regional Programme) | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension; UZ/MSU Food Security Research in Southern Africa Project | en |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ | en |
dc.subject | Agriculture | en |
dc.subject | Development Policy | en |
dc.title | Setting national agricultural research priorities for household food security: the Malawian experience | en |
dc.type | Book chapter | en |
dc.rights.holder | UZ/MSU Food Security Research in Southern Africa Project | en |