The use of NWFP in Malawi is on the increase due to improved communication as well as information sharing. At local level, consumption as well as trade is likely to increase due to financial benefits accrued from sales of NWFP. The volumes consumed and traded are likely to double in the near future. Indigenous mushrooms, for example, fetch higher prices on international markets. If productivity of such NWFP is increased, exports are also going to increase by the same margin. Scarcity of certain non-wood forest products in certain areas such as medicinal plants would no doubt promote exports from areas of plenty supply to deficit areas.
