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ILO/SAMATPolicyPaperNo.9
Agriculture,EmploymentandPovertyinMalawi
ThandikaMkandawire
InternationalLabourOrganization
SouthernAfricaMultidisciplinaryAdvisoryTeam(ILO/SAMAT)
Harare,Zimbabwe
1999
CopyrightandISBNpage
ILO/SAMATPolicyPaperSeries
1.LabourStandardsinExportProcessingZones:
ASouthernAfricanPerspective
JoostKooijmans,DavidTajgmanandAurelioParisotto,1996
2.ShapingaLabourMarketBasedTrainingPolicyforLesotho
TorkelAlfthanandTheoSparreboom,1997
3.TheSocialProtectionofMigrantWorkersinSouthAfrica
ElaineFultzandBodhiPieris,1997
4.LabourMigrationtoSouthAfricainthe1990s
ILO/SAMAT,1998
5.IndustrialRelationsinSouthernAfrica:
TheChallengeofChange
TayoFashoyin,1998
6.DefinitionsandLegalProvisionsonChildLabourinSouthernAfrica
JoostKooijmans,1998
7.EmploymentInjurySchemesinSouthernAfrica:
AnOverviewandProposalsforFutureDirections
ElaineFultzandBodhiPieris,1998
8.OccupationalHealthandSafetyinSouthernAfrica:
TrendsandPolicyIssues
ReneLoewenson,1999
9.Agriculture,EmploymentandPovertyinMalawi
ThandikaMkandawire,1999
Preface
IampleasedtopresentthislatestcontributiontotheSAMATPolicyPaperSeriesentitled‘Agriculture,EmploymentandPovertyinMalawi’.ThispaperwaspreparedinthecontextofalargerexercisethatstudiedthechallengesofpromotingproductivejobsinMalawi.
TheobjectiveofthispaperistoreviewtheevolutionofagricultureinMalawiinahistoricalperspectiveandconsiderpolicymeasuresthathaverecentlybeeneffected,oroptionsthatareavailabletopromotegrowthandequityintheruralsector.Theauthoremphasises,inparticular,theneedforlandreform,improvementsinproductivity,diversification,andavarietyofothertypesofreformsaswellasconditionsunderwhichsuchreformsarelikelytoleadtodesiredoutcomes.
SAMATPolicyPapersfocusonpoliciesandstrategiesthatarepursuedanddevelopedinSouthernAfricawhichaffectlabourstandards,employment,andotherlabourissues.TheseriesisintendedtoprovideanILOperspectiveonsuchissues,withaviewtosuggestingideasandalternativesthatcanbetakenintoaccountbypolicymakersinthefieldsoflabouranddevelopment.Inthisway,thePolicyPapersaimtoprovideabasisfortechnicalcooperationbetweentheILOanditsconstituentsinsouthernAfrica.
ThispaperwaspreparedbyDr.ThandikaMkandawire,Director,UnitedNationsResearchInstituteforSocialdevelopment,Geneva,Switzerland.
PeterPeek,
Director,
ILO/SAMAT
Tableofcontents
Prefaceiv
1.Resourcebase1
1.1Humanresources1
1.2Naturalresources1
2.Historicaloverviewofpolicies2
2.1Labourreservesyndrome2
2.2Promotionofestateagriculture4
2.2.1Landpolicy4
2.2.2Commoditymarketsandsurplusextraction6
2.2.3Labourmarkets6
2.2.4Tenancysystem8
2.2.5Finance9
2.2.6Politicalregimentation9
2.2.7Taxregime9
2.3Effects9
2.4Smallholdersector10
3.Economicperformance11
3.1Overallgrowth11
3.2Socialperformanceandhumanresources14
4.NewGovernmentinitiatives14
4.1Eliminationofinstitutionalconstraints14
4.2Productivityenhancement17
4.3Irrigation17
4.4Directedcreditandsubsidies18
4.5Urbanemploymentandtheinformalsector21
5.Recommendations22
5.1Responsivenessofpovertytogrowth23
5.2Landreform24
5.3Improvementinproductivity24
5.4Diversification25
5.5Marketingreforms26
5.6Non-farmactivities27
5.7Urbanizationandurbanemployment28
5.8Humancapital29
5.9Labourmarketsandminimumwages29
5.10Furtherinstitutionalreforms31
5.11Theroleofwomen31
Bibliography33
Listoftables
1.Numberofestatesandhectarage,1970-895
2.Changesinthenatureoflandholding,1967-885
3.Estimatesoflandutilizationonestates5
4.Landuse6
5.Formalsectorwageemployment7
6.Sizedistributionofsmallholdingsandproportionplantedtohybrid12
7.Householdbylandholdingsizeandfertiliseruse12
8.SourcesofagriculturalgrowthinMalawi,1973-9613
9.Agriculturalproductionbyprincipalcrops,1993-9715
10.MalnutritionindicatorsinMalawiandselectedotherAfricancountries15
ListofFigures
1.Realminimumwagesinruralandurbanareas,1970-928
2.Agriculturallabourproductivity,1962-9312
3.SectoralsharesinagriculturalGDP,1973-9213
4.Nutrientsonsmallholdermaize21
5.UrbanizationinAfrica22
AgricultureplaysanimportantroleintheeconomyofMalawi.Eighty-fivepercentoftheeconomicallyactivepopulationisinagriculture,35percentoftheGDPstemsfromthissector,and90percentofforeignexchangeearningsareduetoagriculturalexports.Moresignificantlyforthisstudy,agriculturesupplieslabourtothenon-agriculturalsectorandbasicallydeterminesitsreservationpriceoflabour.Consequently,itisimpossibletodevisesustainableemploymentandwagepoliciesinthenon-agriculturalsectorwithouttakingfullaccountofdevelopmentsinagriculture.
1.Resourcebase
1.1Humanresources
MalawiisoneofthemostdenselypopulatedcountriesinAfricawithanestimateddensityof90personspersquarekilometre.Thisnationalaverageconcealssharpdistrictandregionalvariations.ThepopulationishighlyconcentratedintheSouthernRegion,whichaccountsforaround50percentofthepopulation.TheCentreandtheNorthhave39and11percent,respectively.SomedistrictsintheSouthernandCentralregionsrecorddensitiesofbetween260-460personspersquarekilometre.Ontheotherhand,inNorthRumphithedensityisonly16.Thegrowthrateofthepopulation–estimatedat3.5percentperannum–remainshigh.Some85percentofthepopulationliveinruralareas,makingMalawioneoftheleasturbanizedcountriesinAfrica.
Thelabourforceparticipationrate–theproportionofthepopulationthatiseconomicallyactive–was43percentin1987.Onlyasmallpercentageofthelabourforceisemployedintheformalsectoraswagelabourersortenants.Significantly,andunusuallyforanAfricancountry,theoverwhelmingmajorityofwagelabourersortenantsisinagriculture.
Becauseoftheneglectofprimacyeducationandadultliteracy,Malawihashighlevelsofilliteracy.Forty-threepercentoftheadultpopulationisilliterate.Adultilliteracyamongwomenis,at58percent,evenhigher(UNDP,1997).
1.2Naturalresources
AlthoughanumberofmineralsareknowntoexistinMalawi,miningconstitutesanegligibleactivity,atleastwhencomparedtomostofherSouthernAfricanneighbours.
Thereisconsiderablecontroversyoverhowmuchlandisarableand,evenmoresharply,overhowmuchofthearablelandisutilizedorunder-utilized.Althoughtherehasbeensignificantdegradationoffertilityovertheyears,thesoilsinMalawiareconsideredfairlygoodandallowforthecultivationofawiderangeofcrops.However,populationdensitiesandfarmingpractices(especiallythecuttingdownofwoodforcuringtobacco)threatenthefertilityofsoilsasdeforestation.
AdefininggeographicalfeatureofMalawiisLakeMalawi.AndyetMalawianagricultureisheavilydependentonrainfall,asourceofvulnerabilitybroughthomebyrecentdroughts.Malawihasanestimated290,000haofpotentiallyirrigableland.Only25,000haofthistotalareirrigated,mostlyintheestatesectorandmainlyforsugar.Thepotentialofirrigationissuggestedbythefactthatthisirrigatedlandalreadyaccountsforcloseto10percentofthecountry’sexports.
Malawiisalandlockedcountry.Thisfactplacesapremiumonhighvaluedcropstocompensatefortherelativelyhightransportationcoststhecountryfacesandalsoontheimportantrolethatregionalmarketscanserve.Ontheimportside,beinglandlockedarguesforimportsubstitutionorself-sufficiencyinlowvalue,bulkyimports.
2.Historicaloverviewofpolicies
2.1Labourreservesyndrome
OneremarkablefeatureofMalawiwasthatatindependenceneitherpeasantorsmallholderagriculturenorlarge-scalecommercialagricultureweredeveloped,atleastwhencomparedtothesmallholder-basedagricultureofmostWestAfricancountriesorthelarge-scalefarmingofKenyaandthethenSouthernRhodesia(nowZimbabwe).Manyfactorsaccountedforthislackofdevelopment,someofwhichimpingeonthestructureandperformanceoftheagriculturalsectortothisveryday.
Ontheonehand,wasthelabour“reserve”statusassignedtoruralMalawibothwithrespecttoestatefarminginMalawiandtheSouthernAfricanregionalmarkets.Thismeantthatinsteadofbeingasourceofcashcropproduction,ruralMalawiwastreatedasessentiallythe“reserve”fromwhichestateagricultureinMalawiandtheminesandplantationsinSouthAfricaandthethenRhodesiascoulddrawtheirlabour.Havingacceptedthisstatusfortheruralsectorofthecolony,thecolonialgovernmentwasinnoparticularhurrytodeveloppeasantagricultureuntilmuchlaterinthepost-WorldWarIIerawhen“ColonialDevelopmentandWelfare”programmeswereinitiated.Ontheotherhand,colonialpaternalismandthepeculiaritiesofsettleragricultureinMalawistifledtheexpansionofcommercialagriculture.Caughtbetweenmodelsofpeasant-basedagricultureexportandsettleragriculture,thecolonialauthoritiessimplyneverresolvedtheproblem.TheconsequencewasapoorlydevelopedWhitesettlercommercialfarmingandasubsistenceeconomywhosemonetizationwaslargelybasedonremittancesfromworkersinSouthAfricaandtheminesinthetwoRhodesias.
Policypronouncementsbythenationalistswereclearontheneedforstimulatingpeasantagricultureifproblemsofpover
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