• What is Malawi oilseed sector transformation (most)?
  • The Malawi Oilseed Sector Transformation (MOST) programme aims to reduce poverty by facilitating changes in the cotton, groundnut, soybean and sunflower markets using a market systems approach.
  • Can small farmers produce oilseeds in Malawi?
  • This analysis suggests that efforts to increase small farmers’ production of oilseeds in Malawi should focus on farmers with larger landholdings in the Mid-altitude plateau zone. Land availability appears to be an important consideration in both farmers’ decisions to produce oilseeds and how much of this to sell.
  • How many households participate in crop agriculture in Malawi?
  • Source: Benson, Mabiso, and Nankhuni (2016). Source: Author’s weighted analysis of 2016-17 Malawi Integrated Household Survey. Note: Observations (IHS4 survey sample households that engage in crop agriculture): 9,293.
  • Why are agro-ecological constraints affecting smallholder farmers in Malawi?
  • Given the general agro-ecological suitability of much of the land in Malawi for production of these crops, the principal spatial constraints to smallholder farmers engaging in their commercial produc-tion are more likely to be linked to market access and the costs producers would face in order to profitably sell their oilseed.