About Us

The Government of Malawi (GoM) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) are financing a seven year (2016-2023) Programme for Rural Irrigation Development (PRIDE). The Programme is being implemented in 16 irrigation schemes in twelve districts of Malawi namely - Chitipa, Karonga, Rumphi, Nkhata Bay, Mzimba, Dowa, Nkhotakota, Balaka, Machinga, Zomba, Chiradzulu and Phalombe. PRIDE aims to develop 5,400 hectares of irrigated land and 12,300 hectares of rain-fed land to benefit 19,500 households. This represents a population of about 950,000. The selection of the targeted beneficiaries emphasizes on poorer households; women and female-headed households; youth and persons with disabilities

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PRIDE

PRIDE intends to contribute to the resilience of smallholder communities. Its goal is to reduce vulnerability to food insecurity, to climate change effects and to the vagaries of the market. The Programme Development Objectives is to enable smallholder farmers to sustainably enhance their production levels to such a degree that they can provide for their household nutritional demands and deliver produce to viable markets.

The main thrust of PRIDE is to develop new irrigation schemes, enabling smallholder farmers to transition from low to high value crops and from subsistence to commercial farming.

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ERASP

Enhancing the Resilience of Agro-Ecological Systems Project (ERASP) is part of the regional Global Environmental Fund (GEF) funded project, Integrated Approach Programme on Fostering Sustainability and Resilience for Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa (GEF-IAP-FS). ERASP compliments PRIDE in three main areas;

Firstly, ERASP focuses on a more comprehensive landscape planning process for the sub-catchments, including PRIDE sites, while PRIDE focuses on the institutional architecture as it relates to the functioning of the irrigation schemes.

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WHERE WE ARE

The Programme is being implemented in 15 irrigation schemes in eight districts of Malawi namely;Chitipa, Karonga, Rumphi, Nkhatabay, Machinga Zomba, Chiradzulu and Phalombe

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COORDINATING TEAM

Latest News

Parliamentary Committees visit PRIDE Schemes

by Felix Malamula Members of Parliament under Parliamentary Committee on Transport and Public Infrastructure took time to visit construction works of Lingoni, Mlooka and Wowo irrigation schemes in Machinga, Zomba
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October 27, 2023

PRIDE gets additional funding

by Felix Malamula PRIDE is expected to start construction works for irrigation schemes whose construction start dates were pended due to funding. This follows the additional funding that Government has
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October 27, 2023

IFAD opens Malawi Country Office

by Felix Malamula After operating for four decades remotely, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has finally opened its office in Malawi. The office is housed within the premises
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October 27, 2023