MalawiFoodSystems_Key_informant_interviews

The key informant interviews (24 in total) were undertaken over a three-month period between 2017 and 2019 with participants from key stakeholder groups in Malawi with an interest in population nutrition and related health, or in agriculture: national policymakers from Ministry of Health and Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development (6 interviews with 7 individuals); district-council respondents from Lilongwe and Phalombe Districts (7 interviews); local non-state actors (5 interviews); and village chiefs in Lilongwe and Phalombe Districts (6 interviews).

We recruited individuals for interview from within the organisations of interest based on prior contacts or from approaching the organisation and asking to speak to someone best placed to discuss the issues. The interview guides for the semi-structured interviews and FGDs were informed by the Policy Triangle framework for understanding policy processes, and domains of the Shiffman and Smith framework for analysing political prioritisation, and covered questions relating to participants’ view of the FISP and its aims, how FISP policy is made, key actors and stakeholders involved with the FISP and their role and influence, the impact of the FISP on nutrition, and the wider context for the FISP including political, economic and social context.