The overall Objective is to contribute to the Malawi Government’s objective of poverty reduction in line with the Malawi Growth and Development Strategy (MGDS); The Specific Objective is to increase the area under sustainable irrigation. This will be achieved through development of irrigation infrastructure.

 This programme is in preparation phase. The Identification Fiche and Action Fiche have been developed and will be submitted to the EU Delegation in October, 2011. The project is expected to implement two subcomponents. Component 1 will support Agriculture Sector Wide Approach (ASWAp) whilst Component 2 will support the Greenbelt Initiative (GBI).

 There will be two subcomponents under the support to Greenbelt Initiative namely, Development and Operationalization of National Irrigation Development Fund and Irrigation Scheme Development.