Promoting a resilient, innovative, and equitable food system in Malawi

About this project

Save the Children Italy (STC IT) is applying to the AICS Promosso 2023 Call with 36 months, on Lot. 2, Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture, titled Promoting a resilient, innovative, and equitable food system in Malawi, implemented in the Southern Region, Zomba District, Traditional Authorities (TAs) of Kuntumanje and Malemia. Target group is smallholder farmers with less than half hectare of land with a prevalence (60%) of women, youth engaged in micro-enterprises and public extension workers from the agriculture, irrigation, and veterinary departments, for a total of more than 45.000 persons directly benefitting from project activities. The action aims at climate change adaptation by responding to three main constrains most vulnerable farmers encounter to enhance food security and nutrition in Malawi: 1) low adoption of cost-saving and sustainable agricultural practices, 2) low economic diversification, limiting the development of resilient and sustainable livelihoods, and 3) limited access to profitable input and output markets, including access to credit. To this end, the project promotes three interrelated intervention areas, corresponding to the OECD-DAC sectors of Agricultural training/education (31181), Agricultural development (31120) and Agricultural cooperatives (31194): first, supporting sustainable innovation in natural resource management (NRM) through agroecology and climate smart practices, via building knowledge and capacity of famers in agroecological…

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 2Zero Hunger
• 5Gender Equality
• 6Clean Water and Sanitation
• 13Climate Action
• 15Life on Land

Published by

AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development · Government

Countries

Malawi

Sectors

Agricultural developmentAgricultural education/trainingAgricultural co-operatives

Focus

Gender equality · Also contributesDisaster risk reduction · Also contributesNutrition · Main focusEnvironment · Also contributesGood governance · Also contributesTrade development · Also contributesBiodiversity · Also contributesClimate mitigation · Also contributesClimate adaptation · Main focusDesertification · Also contributes

Funded by

AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development

Implemented by

SAVE THE CHILDREN ITALIA ETS ( EX SAVE THE CHILDREN ITALIA) ONG/

Accountable

AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development

Published by AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 5 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XM-DAC-6-4-013244-05-3.

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