The Nation (Malawi) writes in a story, “The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) says rural households will increasingly need to turn to other jobs other than in the agriculture sector to escape poverty which is hovering at 57 percent.
In its analysis of employment options and challenges for rural households in Malawi, the institute says while farming remains the foundation of their livelihoods, with over 93 percent of rural workers aged between 15 and 64 years employed in the sector, poverty headcount has a prevalence level of three times above that in urban centers at 19 percent.”
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