Greening and Growing Malawi - Ulimi ndi Chilengedwe m¿Malawi (UCHI)

About this project

The Action tackles two of the major challenges that are hampering resilient transformation of economy and food systems in Malawi, namely depletion of natural resources capital and limited marketing and financial opportunities for rural farming households and agribusiness operators. It is designed around two interlinked components: (1) natural resources management, including agriculture practices along agro ecological principles, and (2) integration of farming households and agribusiness operators into markets and financial services. As no economic development will be achieved without improved nutrition for Malawian, wherever possible, the action will have a high degree of nutrition sensitivity.The Action aims to contribute to sustainable inclusive economic growth and transformation of food systems in Malawi and has four Specific Objectives (SOs): (1) Natural resource base and its diverse ecosystems preserved, restored and regenerated, (2) Territorial relevant sustainable value chains developed, (3) Nutritional status of targeted Malawi population improved and (4) Evidence-based decision making and knowledge dissemination supported. SO1 refers to the ¿Greening¿ component, whilst SO 2 and 3 to the ¿Growing¿ component, with SO 4 as cross-cutting.The Action contributes to MIP Priority Area 1, Green and resilient economic transformation, in particular Specific Objective 1, boosting productivity, resilience, diversification, value addition and commercialisation of agriculture…

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 1No Poverty
• 2Zero Hunger
• 3Good Health and Well-being
• 5Gender Equality
• 6Clean Water and Sanitation
• 8Decent Work and Economic Growth
• 9Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
• 13Climate Action
• 15Life on Land

Published by

European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships · Other public sector

Countries

Malawi

Sectors

Agricultural land resources

Focus

Biodiversity · Also contributesGender equality · Also contributesEnvironment · Also contributesClimate adaptation · Also contributesNutrition · Also contributes

Places

MW - Malawi

Published by European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 29 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XI-IATI-EC_INTPA-2022-ACT-60651.

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