Projects

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.

Beneficiary: International Partnership for Microbicides Budget: 400.000 euro International Partnership for Microbicides (IPM) is an international NGO that works for safe and effective HIV prevention. IPM focuses on the development of new medical instruments and making them available at an affordable price in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Duration: 2014-2015 Budget: 1.000.000€ Chronic malnutrition is still a major concern in Mozambique. It affects 40% of the children aged under 5.

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.

Project: SA Land Observatory, a platform for supporting evidence-based and participatory decision making on land in South Africa Partner: University of Pretoria Budget: 406.450 euro Duration: 01.10.2014 – 31.09.2017 In 1994 South Africa introduced far-reaching and fundamental land and agricultural reforms. After twenty years the time has come to draw lessons from this. However, the country has insufficient data and analyses at its disposal, which in addition are not or hardly available.

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.

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.

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: introducing scientific and technical knowhow on aquaculture, or aquafarming, in Mozambique Beneficiary: Ghent university, Can-Tho University (Vietnam), Instituto Nacional de Investigação Pesqueira (Mozambique) Duration: 2010-2012 Budget: 98.005 euro Aquaculture is the process where aquatic organisms, such as fish and shellfish, are bred in ponds and basins to be sold on the market later. Aquaculture is still a very young technique in Mozambique, and the production process still needs a lot of improving.

Project: Agribusiness Development Academy Programme in Limpopo Duration: 2007-2014 Budget: 7.500.000 This programme aims to provide support to new landowners and small to medium-sized entrepreneurs in the agricultural sector, in the context of the land reforms. For many years now, the land reform programme has been one of the most important large-scale initiatives of the South African Government. As a result of the land reform; small and medium-sized agricultural holdings have come into the hands of a group of new landowners.

Partner: KwaZulu-Natal provincial Department of Agriculture Duration: 2007-2012 Budget: 7.500.000 With this programme, the Government of Flanders wants to help improve the food security situation in the rural areas of KwaZulu-Natal. Food security is one of the top priorities of the South African government. However, at the same time it is one of the problems KwaZulu-Natal province is faced with as a result of the unequal access to food among households. One in three families do not have any access to food.

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.

Duration: 2008-2012 Budget: 1.000.000 Since 2008, the Government of Flanders has supported the Supply Chain and Logistics Development Programme of the International Trade Centre (ITC). This programme is aimed at improving the supply chain and logistic services of 8 countries in southern Africa, including South Africa, Mozambique and Malawi. Duration and budget The programme started in 2008 and ended in June 2012. An amount of 1 million euros was earmarked. Problem definition Many southern African countries are faced with an important handicap.

Duration: 2009 Budget: 980.000 The United Nation’s World Food Programme (WFP) wants to eradicate hunger worldwide. WFP tries to accomplish this by creating country programmes. These programmes are designed to increase the production capacity of small farmers and merchants. Additionally, the augmentation of the merchants’ commercial reflex is also aimed at. Duration and budget For two years, Flanders supported the WFP’s Purchase for Progress (P4P) programme in Mozambique.