Malawi - Horticulture and Food Crops Development Project

The Horticulture and Food Crops Development Project (HDP) is in line with the ADF VII Policy and strategy of poverty alleviation. The proposed project conforms to the Government’s objectives of improving smallholder crop production by promoting the adoption of improved irrigation and horticultural technology to farmers and by providing the necessary capacity building for irrigation, marketing, credit and institutional support to stimulate sustainable agricultural development. It also supports Government’s poverty eradication and diversification of the economic base, especially the agriculture sector consistent with a broad base growth strategy. The project has five components has taken into i) Capacity Building of Irrigation, Crop Production and Research Departments of Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation;oduction and ii) Establishment of a Micro-Finance Credit System; ii) Establishment iii) Establishment of Small-Scale Irrigation Schemes;of Small-Scale iv) Establishment of a Marketing Structure; andeting Structure; and v) Project Management Office.