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Contact: Director of Fisheries Address: Department of Fisheries, P. O. Box 593, Lilongwe Phone: +265 (0) 1 788 511/ 571 Fax: +265 (0) 1 788 712 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Physical Address : Ministry of Natural Resources Headquarters Building, Capital Hill, Lilongwe
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With assistance from the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the World Bank, the Government of Malawi (GoM), is in the process of preparing a detailed project proposal for the Shire Valley Irrigation Project (SVIP) which is intended to be submitted to prospective donors for consideration for investment funding. The project is planned to cover 42,500 ha and to benefit 100,000 farm families (or a population of approximately 600,000 people) in Chikwawa and Nsanje. It will be implemented in two phases. The development objective of the proposed Shire Valley Irrigation Project (SVIP) is to improve agricultural productivity and production in a sustainable manner leading to economic growth and reduction of rural poverty in the Lower Shire Valley, by establishing market-linked smallholder farming ventures and professionally operated irrigation services. |
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Project Description: The programme will encourage the development and refinement of the existing technologies and practices with the intent of modifying them to suit the farmers' conditions and promote them for adoption. In order to facilitate realization of this aspiration, the Ministry of Agriculture is engaging various cooperating partners in designing, initiating and implementing various investment programmes and interventions. SAPP is one development programme designed and aligned to ASWAp to achieve rapid results with visible and tangible beneficiary impacts. Main Goal/Objective: The Programme goal is to contribute to poverty reduction and improved food security among the rural population. The specific development objective is to achieve a viable and sustainable smallholder agricultural sector employing good agricultural practices (GAPs). The program’s main emphasis is to enhance agricultural productivity based on simple, affordable GAPs to help bridge the considerable disparity between actual and potential crop yields. Project Components: 1. Adaptive Research & Knowledge Management 1.1: Adaptive Research 1.2: Knowledge Management & Communication 2. Farmer Adoption of Good Agricultural Practices 2.1: Improved Agriculture Extension 2.2: Access to Key Agricultural Inputs 3. Programme Coordination
Project Period/Duration 01 January 2012 to 31 December 2021 = 9 years
Project Implementation Areas: Chitipa District Lilongwe District Nkhotakota District Balaka District Blantyre District Chiradzulu District For more information |
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The Government of Malawi is carrying out Project Preparation Activities for the Shire Valley Irrigation Project (SVIP) under the framework of the Green Belt Initiative. The SVIP and other related GBI projects are being implemented to attain objectives of the Malawi Growth and Development Strategy II (MGDS II). The MGDS II is the country’s overarching operational medium-term strategy to attain the nation’s Vision 2020. The MGDS II recognizes Irrigation as one of the key priority areas. Smallholder Irrigation and Value Addition Project (SIVAP) Project Description: Malawi has been experiencing persistent hunger whenever there is a shortfall of rains despite having lots of bodies of water(lakes, rivers, dams). This five year programme seeks to increase agricultural production and productivity through intensification of irrigation and crop diversification. It also aims at increasing income from agricultural production through value addition.
Main Goal/Objective: To contribute to food security, increased income levels, and poverty reduction. The specific objective is to increase agricultural productivity through intensification of irrigation, crop diversification, value addition, and capacity building.
Project Components: 1. Sustainable land and water management 2. Crop diversification and value chain 3. Institutional strengthening and capacity building coordination Project Period/Duration 2013 to 2018 = 5 years Project Implementation Areas: Karonga District - rain fed and irrigation Nkhotakota District - rain fed and irrigation Salima District - rain fed and irrigation Machinga District - rain fed and irrigation Thyolo District (greenbelt zone) - agricultural investments Chikwawa (greenbelt zone) - agricultural investments Nsanje (greenbelt zone) - agricultural investments. |
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Agriculture Sector Wide Approach – Support Project (ASWAp-SP)
Project Description
ASWAp is a prioritized and harmonized agricultural investment framework towards
the achievement of the Malawi Growth and Development Strategy (MDGS), the country’s National Development Strategy. The
framework provides a platform for donor support harmonization in the agricultural sector. In particular, it provides a process through which growth and wealth creation, an objective of the MDGS will be achieved. MGDS II has targeted agriculture as the driver of economic growth and recognizes that developing the sector is one of the pre-requisites for economic growth and wealth creation. ASWAp, therefore, offers a strategy for supporting priority activities in the agricultural sector with a view to increase agricultural productivity and make Malawi a hunger free nation, enable people access nutritious foods and increase the contribution of agro-processing to economic growth.
ASWAp framework has three focus areas; namely:
Food Security and Risk Management;
Commercial Agriculture, Agro-processing and Market Development; and
Sustainable Agricultural Land and Water Management.
These focus areas are strengthened by two key support service areas namely:
Technology Generation and Dissemination; and
Institutional Strengthening and Capacity Building.
Furthermore, the ASWAp mainstreams HIV/AIDS, and Gender through the cross-cutting window.
Main Goal/Objective(s)
The main goal of ASWAp is to improve food security and nutrition, increase agricultural incomes and ensure sustainable use of natural resources.
It seeks to:
· Ensure food self sufficiency and promote food diversification for nutrition at household level
· Ensure sustainable food availability at national level
· Promote agricultural exports for improved balance of trade
· Promote commercial production and agro-processing for market development
· Promote sustainable a g r i c u l t u r a l l a n d management
· Promote sustainable agricultural water management and irrigation development.
Project Components:
1. Institutional development and capacity building
1.1: ASWAp Management and Coordination Support
1.2: Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Support
1.3: Technical Systems and Skills Development
1.4: Administrative Systems Development
1.5: Land Administration Capacity Strengthening
2. Sustainable food security, agricultural growth and diversification.
2.1: Sustainable Productivity Growth Initiative
2.2: Strengthening Market Based Agricultural Risk Management Strategies
2.3: Improve Legume Crop Production and Marketing
2.4: Improve the agricultural business environment and promote agribusiness partnerships
3. Project Coordination
4. Improvement and maintenance of unpaved rural roads.