Brown Bag Lunch "Farm Households‘ Resilience through Malawi’s SCTP" // Nicolas Klas

Can social protection programmes aid beneficiaries beyond alleviating immediate poverty and help them build resilience against negative environmental shocks? In his research, Nicolas investigates if and how cash transfers unfold such additional protective potential by empowering beneficiary farmers cope with and adapt to extreme heat events, using the example of Malawi‘s national cash transfer programme. This is especially relevant for subsistence farmers whose direct survival may crucially hinge upon their ability to shield their harvests from environmental hazards.