Agri-Impact Malawi

Building resilient households through improved food and income security.

Agriculture accounts for the majority of Malawi’s economic activity, employing 64% of the workforce and accounting for 80% of national export earnings. Despite this, the sector - which is dominated by small scale farmers - struggles to provide enough food for the country’s population.

Agri-Impact Malawi is being supported by Egmont to work with 500 small holder farmers living in the rural environs of south-west of Lilongwe. Agri-Impact aims to support these families to improve their agricultural production so that they are able to move from merely surviving to thriving. The project will provide training to households in economic and financial planning and understanding of risk, to help them prepare for the future. It seeks to change the mindset of project participants from dependence to empowerment through foundational mindset change training.

The project also focuses on increasing productivity and profitability, providing training on crop diversification, vegetable production and poultry management. With the average distance from small holder farm to main road being 23km, Agri-Impact will also provide training in post-harvest handling, storage and micro food processing practices so that families are able to access markets with their produce.