Impact Of Agricultural Market Reforms On Smallholder Farmers In ...
Impact Of Agricultural Market Reforms On Smallholder Farmers In ... Impact Of Agricultural Market Reforms On Smallholder Farmers In ...
5.2.11 Storage Facilities On average, in each EPA, there is an ADMARC or a private sector storage facility available for rent. It is rare for farmers’ association to have storage facilities available for rent. Storage facilities seem to be more available in the North and South than in the Center (see Table 5.81). This is a little surprising since the Central region is more agriculturally oriented than the other regions. The number of storage facilities has either increased or not changed much since 1995. In the South for example, about 11-12 percent of the EPAs noted an increase in storage facilities owned by ADMARC or associations. Furthermore, about 50 percent and 29 percent of the EPAs in the Center and the North, respectively, noted an increase in privately owned storage facilities since 1995. 5.2.12 Extension and Communication Services Extension services are still widely available in Malawi. Each EPA has an average of 14 MOAI extension officers, 2 NGO extension officers, and about one private company extension representative. Among MOAI agents, 2 out of 14 agents are women. However, about 90 percent of the EPA officers noted that the number of MOAI extension agents has decreased since 1995. On the other hand, in 72 percent of the EPAs, the number of NGO extension officers has increased, while the number of private company representatives has either increased (in 33 percent of the EPAs) or not changed at all. Therefore, it seems that the reforms, which have been accompanied by budgetary cuts, have resulted in a lower number of government extension officers (although their number is still high in Malawi compared to other African standards, including Benin). Official extension officers are now being supplanted by NGO and private company representatives. On the telecommunication front, one can say that Malawi still lags behind many other developing countries. There is on average, only 2 public telephones per EPA (about 3 per Northern EPA and between 1 and 2 in the other 2 regions). The number of telephones has either not changed since the reforms (69 percent of the EPAs), or increased in only 25 percent of the EPAs. More positive changes were recorded in the Southern and Northern EPAs. 275
Table 5.1 – IFPRI/APRU Smallholder Farmer Survey Sample in Malawi Region Region # EPA EPA # # of villages # of households North 1 Chisenga 01 2 20 Lufita 02 2 20 Karonga South 03 2 20 Ntchenanchena 04 2 20 Zombwe 05 2 20 Eswazini 06 2 20 Champhira 07 2 20 Chintheche 08 2 20 Central 2 Madisi 09 2 20 Mndolera 10 2 20 Nachisaka 11 2 20 Kaluluma 12 2 20 Kalulu 13 2 20 Msitu 14 2 20 Ntchisi Boma 15 2 20 Tembwe 16 2 20 Mtakataka 17 2 20 Linga 18 2 20 Chitsime 19 2 20 Mpenu 20 2 20 Demela 21 2 20 Mlomba 22 2 20 Ukwe 23 2 20 Mayani 24 2 20 Lobi 25 2 20 Njolomole 26 2 20 South 3 Bazale 27 2 20 Mbonechera 28 2 20 Nyambi 29 2 20 Malosa 30 2 20 (Mayaka) Ngewero 31 2 20 Lungwena 32 2 20 Mpilipili 33 2 20 Masambanjati 34 2 20 Thumbwe 35 2 20 Namanjiwa 36 2 20 Mulanje South 37 2 20 Lisungwi 38 2 20 Kalambo 39 2 20 Makhanga 40 2 20 Total 40 80 800 Source: IFPRI/APRU Malawi Smallholder Farmer Survey, 1998. 276
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Table 5.1 – IFPRI/APRU <strong>Smallholder</strong> Farmer Survey Sample in Malawi<br />
Region Region # EPA EPA # # of villages # of households<br />
North 1 Chisenga 01 2 20<br />
Lufita 02 2 20<br />
Karonga South 03 2 20<br />
Ntchenanchena 04 2 20<br />
Zombwe 05 2 20<br />
Eswazini 06 2 20<br />
Champhira 07 2 20<br />
Chintheche 08 2 20<br />
Central 2 Madisi 09 2 20<br />
Mndolera 10 2 20<br />
Nachisaka 11 2 20<br />
Kaluluma 12 2 20<br />
Kalulu 13 2 20<br />
Msitu 14 2 20<br />
Ntchisi Boma 15 2 20<br />
Tembwe 16 2 20<br />
Mtakataka 17 2 20<br />
Linga 18 2 20<br />
Chitsime 19 2 20<br />
Mpenu 20 2 20<br />
Demela 21 2 20<br />
Mlomba 22 2 20<br />
Ukwe 23 2 20<br />
Mayani 24 2 20<br />
Lobi 25 2 20<br />
Njolomole 26 2 20<br />
South 3 Bazale 27 2 20<br />
Mbonechera 28 2 20<br />
Nyambi 29 2 20<br />
Malosa 30 2 20<br />
(Mayaka) Ngewero 31 2 20<br />
Lungwena 32 2 20<br />
Mpilipili 33 2 20<br />
Masambanjati 34 2 20<br />
Thumbwe 35 2 20<br />
Namanjiwa 36 2 20<br />
Mulanje South 37 2 20<br />
Lisungwi 38 2 20<br />
Kalambo 39 2 20<br />
Makhanga 40 2 20<br />
Total 40 80 800<br />
Source: IFPRI/APRU Malawi <strong>Smallholder</strong> Farmer Survey, 1998.<br />
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