Malawi - Special Programme for Food Security-Phase 1

The first phase of the Special Programme for Food Security (SPFS) aims to alleviate absolute poverty and chronic food insecurity among the smallholders in selected areas of Malawi. It’s designed because of the needs of the very poor and chronically food insecure are not being met by past investments in food production. The present intervention should facilitate the design of appropriate investment projects for implementation country wide thereby improving overall agricultural and food production, especially for smallholders. This would in turn make a significant and sustainable contribution to improved food security at the household and national levels. While the primary focus of the project is on water control, in the light of the broad and interlinked strategy adopted by the project in addressing food security issues, and considering the mixed farming systems that are found in the project areas, the project should also promote improvements in rainfed cropping. The project has three main components: (i) water control and management, (ii) diversification and intensification, and (iii) constraints analysis, monitoring, evaluation, and project co-ordination.