Extending - Agroforestry Food Security Programe

Agroforestry Food Security Programme (AFSP) is being funded by the Flanders International Cooperation Agency (FICA). The programme is being implemented in Malawi in the districts of Mzimba South and Kasungu and runs between 2013 to 2015. The project is an extension of the AFSP II project that is funded by IrishAid and currently being implemented in Mzimba North, Dedza and Thyolo districts in Malawi. The Programme aims to 10,000 rural farmers with with Climate Smart Agriculture technologies that would sustainably increases productivity (food security), resilience (climate change adaptation) and reduces greenhouse gas emissions (mitigation).The programme is aim to impact livelihoods of the participating households through the scaling-up of agroforestry innovations, namely: (1) Fertilizer trees and conservation agriculture thus enhancing crop productivity and resilience to climatic risks; (2) Fruit trees – to improve household nutrition, health and income; (3) Fodder trees – to improve milk yields for smallholder dairy farmers to enhance nutrition, health and income; and (4) Woodlots – for firewood and timber production.The expected impacts of the project are to: (1) improve food security, nutrition, income and livelihoods of smallholder farmers and (2) increase resilience of the farm environment.