There are two objectives of the FAC Malawi country work:

• Assisting the Malawi “policy community” in identifying and thinking about options
• Placing the Malawian experience in an international context, to contribute to the consortium objective of learning about the roles of agriculture in pro-poor growth

Some of the topics FAC is looking at as part of the Malawi country study include:

• Land: including land access, transfers and markets; commercial estate land – efficiency of use and possibilities for reform; HIV/AIDS crisis; incentives for investors; political economy of land; and legislative and policy changes
• Diversification: Recent growth of cassava – what are the dynamics and drivers; future of tobacco
• Technology: Issues of improving and maintaining technology for the key smallholder cash crops.