Projects

Project: Reducing food and income insecurity among vulnerable households in Malawi through climate services and integrated risk management Beneficiary: World Food Programme  Amount: 2.500.000 euro Duration: 2017-2019 Flanders supports the World Food Programme (WFP) in protecting farmers in Malawi against the increasing climate challenges. Recent months WFP has paid food and / or cash transfers to 5.8 million Malawians who can not meet their food needs as a result of the drought by the weather phenomenon El Niño. Now, El Niño is over, La Niña will be introduced.

Duration: 2017-2018 Budget: 500.000 euro Flanders supports ICRAF to inform policymakers and farmers in Malawi about the health of the soil. To protect farmers against climate change, it is important that their activities (fertilization, applying agroforestry, choice of crops, ...) align as closely as possible to the local soil health, which modifies increasingly due to climate change. ICRAF is developing, in collaboration with the Malawi government, an online searchable map that documents the characteristics of the upper soil layer (50 cm) in Malawi.

Project: Agriculture Sector Wide Approach (ASWAp) in Malawi Beneficiary: Multi Donor Trust Fund Duration: 2017-2018 Amount: 5.000.000 euro Together with several donors, the agricultural sector in Malawi  will be supported through the Agriculture Sector Wide Approach (ASWAp). The Support Project (ASWAp-SP) provides technical and financial support to the Ministry of Agriculture for the implementation of this ASWAp. Funding is provided through the Multi-Donor Trust Fund and is supervised by the World Bank.

Duration: 2015-2016 Budget: 150.000€ In 2008 the Government of Flanders allocated a grant to Mikolongwe College within the framework of the Support to Agricultural Extension Training and Services Programme. This grant totalled EUR 989,200. The programme was completed in 2013. According to an impact study carried out in late 2013 Flanders’ support helped improve infrastructure and enhanced the technical competencies of the teaching staff. In addition the number of annual student enrolments has increased because of the improved infrastructure.

Duration: 2016-2018 Budget: 1.000.000 The World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) is a research centre with headquarters in Kenya. ICRAF promotes the worldwide application and dissemination of forestry in sustainable agricultural practices in view of better food production among smallholder farmers. Since 2009 Flanders has supported ICRAF’s Agroforestry Food Security Programme in Malawi which aims to sustainably increase the maize yield for farmers in the focus districts Mzimba and Kasungo through the application of agroforestry technologies.

Project: ‘Strengthening Farmer Organisations and Rural Structured Trade Mechanisms in Malawi’ Beneficiary: World Food Programme Duration: 2014-2018 Budget: 2.999.140,62€ The World Food Programme (WFP) and the Agricultural Commodity Exchange for Africa (ACE) join forces to implement this project. In 2009 the WFP launched the Purchase for Progress (P4P) programme to help smallholder farmers and their organisations gain access to the WFP market by linking WFP’s demand for basic food to the supply of smallholder farmers.

Duration: 2014-2015 Budget: 2.000.000€ In the first Country Strategy Paper 2009-2013 between Flanders and Malawi sector budget support was included as the main funding arrangement in the healthcare sector. Therefore, Flanders committed to supporting the national health plan, i.e. the Health Sector Wide Approach 2011–2016 (HSWAp). The Government of Flanders already approved a contribution of EUR 2 million to HSWAp three times, namely for the Malawi financial years 2009/2010, 2010/2011 and 2012/2013.

Project:  improving the access and reach of agricultural extension services for smallholder farmers Beneficiary: Farm Radio Trust Duration: 2014-2019 Budget: 1.045.000 euro The objective of the programme ‘Scaling-up Radio and ICTs in Enhancing Extension Delivery’ (SRIEED) is to improve the access and reach of agricultural extension services for smallholder farmers. For a long time already radio has been internationally acknowledged as an important instrument for agricultural extension.

beneficiary: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Duration: 2013 Budget: 1.250.000 euro 98% of the victims of climatic disasters live in the developing countries. These countries depend on agriculture and natural resources for their income, which makes them extremely vulnerable in the face of climate change. Poor countries are also less adaptable to this new reality. The Government of Flanders invests 1.25 million euros in climate change management in Malawi. The objective is to allow developing countries to make a fast start on implementing adaptation and mitigation activities.

Project: strengthening the impact of the investments on food security and sustainable growth in the agricultural sector Duration: 2012 Budget: 5.300.000 euro beneficiary: Multi Donor Trust Fund (MDTF) In mutual agreement with the donor community, Malawi is taking steps towards a form of sectorial budget support within the agricultural sector. This so called ASWAp is not operational yet, but in anticipation, the ASWAp-Support Programme has already been started up. The financing of this ASWAp-SP goes through a Multi Donor Trust Fund (MDTF) which is managed by the World Bank.

Project: the participation of smallholder farmers in decision-making processes regarding agricultural policy and in the planning of agricultural services Beneficiary: Farmer Union of Malawi (FUM) Duration: 2013-2014 Budget: 200.000 euro The Government of Flanders decided to make a contribution to the Farmers Union of Malawi (FUM) for the project "Integrating and Strengthening Capacity of Farmers into District Stakeholder Panels".

Duration: 2010-2013 Budget: 319.709,77 euro Through this agroforestry project the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) will develop a sustainable, cost-efficient way to contribute to greater food security and poverty reduction for millions of farming families in Sub-Saharan Africa. Duration and budget In 2010, a grant of 319,709.77 euros was allocated to the project "Community Agroforestry Tree Seeds Banks (CATS Banks): Building Agroforestry Scaling up Platform for Diversifying Livelihoods Opportunity in Malawi and Mozambique".

Project: support to entrepreneurs in the South by making experts available Beneficiary: Ex-Change Duration: 2011-2016 Budget: 3.000.000 Ex-Change gives support to entrepreneurs in the South by making experts available to them. During short expertise assignments they provide assistance to SMEs in the South. Within the framework of the cooperation with the partner countries Malawi, Mozambique and South Africa, the reinforcement of local enterprises, and especially SMEs, is focused on as well. Many small enterprises in the South invest in their own region and create jobs.

Duration: 2007-2015 Budget: 4.100.000 Flanders works together with the Government of Malawi and FAO (Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations) around an integrated programme for the promotion of food and nutrition security. Duration and budget After the start in 2007, an interim evaluation was carried out in April 2010. This evaluation was overall positive. As a result, the second phase could start in August. For this second phase the Government of Flanders earmarked an amount of 4.1 million euros.

Duration: 2009-2013 Budget: 694.906 With this programme, the Government of Flanders supports the training of agricultural extension workers. These civil servants are crucial for the livestock farming policy of the Malawian Government. This programme runs parallel with the programme to strengthen the Department of Agricultural Extension Services (DAES). Duration and budget An amount of 694,906 euros was earmarked for the five partners.

Duration: 2010-2013 Budget: 2.000.000 euro The support to the Department of Agricultural Extension Services (DAES) runs in parallel with the programme that is aimed at building the capacity of agricultural extension workers. Duration and budget The Government of Flanders invests 2 million euros in the extension of the material used by the Malawi Department of Agricultural Extension Services. This project started in 2010 and ends in 2013. Problem definition It is the duty of DAES to provide good and accurate agricultural information to farmers in Malawi.

Duration: 2010-2012 Budget: 500.000 euro This project is intended to improve the living conditions of smallholder coffee farmers in Malawi by grouping and better organising the farmers, so as to enable them to bring more qualitative crops on the market jointly. This will lead to an increase in their incomes, which is also owing to the Fair Trade system. Duration and budget The project started in 2010 and will last for three years.

Duration: 2010-2013 Budget: 500.000 Through this project Flanders aims to reinforce the dairy sector in the centre and north of Malawi. Duration and budget The project which is implemented by the Malawi Milk Producers Association will last 4 years. A total of 500,000 euros was earmarked for this. Problem definition The Malawi milk production is growing only gradually. Between 1980 and 2002, milk consumption rose by 40%. This is due to the population growth and the intensive food security campaigns that attach great importance to milk consumption.

Partner: Belgian Red Cross - Flanders Duration: 2010-2012 Budget: 500.000 euros Flanders supports the implementation of the Malawi health policy, but also wants to strengthen the activities of NGOs in the health sector. Malawi’s short and long term challenges have reached such great volume that this double approach is necessary. Since 2003, the Malawi Red Cross Society has been active in Kasungu, where local hospital outreach centres were built with the support of the Dutch Red Cross.

Duration: 2011-2013 Budget: 500.000 “Banja la Mtsogolo” (BLM) is a Malawian NGO working around sexual and reproductive health. With this contribution the Government of Flanders wants to help reduce the maternal mortality rate and support the combat against HIV/AIDS. Duration and budget Flanders earmarks 500,000 euros for the BLM programme which will run from 2011 to 2013. Problem definition Malawi is facing countless challenges in the field of health. The HIV/AIDS epidemic is growing, as a result of which more children are orphaned.