Likoma

Mchinji

Mangochi

Machinga

Mulanje

Mwanza

Mzimba

Northern Region

Nkhata Bay

Neno

Ntchisi

Balaka

Nkhotakota

Blantyre

Nsanje

Central Region

Ntcheu

Chikwawa

Phalombe

Chiradzulu

Rumphi

Chitipa

Southern Region

Dedza

Salima

Dowa

Thyolo

Karonga

Zomba

Kasungu

Lilongwe

Malawi

30% reduction in number of people requiring food and cash assistance as a result of flood and drought emergencies in 2022 from 2018 levels, 30% reduction in number of people requiring food and cash assistance as a result of flood and drought emergencies in 2027 from 2022 levels, 30% reduction in number of people requiring food and cash assistance as a result of flood and drought emergencies in 2030 from 2027 levels

10% reduction and prevalence and depth of food insecurity by 2022

Type and quality and quality of ecosystems services and products by 2022, 2027, and 2030

80% increase in change in soil carbon in 2022, 80% increase in change in soil carbon in 2027 from 2022 levels, 80% increase in change in soil carbon in 2030 from 2027 levels

80 percent of women meeting -minimum dietary diversity requirement by 2022 from 2018 levels, 85 percent of women meeting -minimum dietary diversity requirement by 2027 from 2022 levels, 90 percent of women meeting -minimum dietary diversity requirement by 2030 from 2027 levels

80 percent of children under 5 years old children meeting -6 food group minimum dietary diversity requirement by 2022 from 2018 levels, 85 percent of children under 5 years old children meeting -6 food group minimum dietary diversity requirement by 2027 from 2022 levels, and 90 percent of children under 5 years old children meeting -6 food group minimum dietary diversity requirement by 2030 from 2027 levels

In 2030, agricultural land will have 50% female ownership

By 2063, Malawi hopes to be in the top 20 countries for investment and developing economic infrastructure

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The Smallholder Climate Resilience Project (SCRP) is a 7-year, USD $20 million agricultural development and climate adaptation initiative in Malawi. Implemented by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Ministry of Agriculture, it aims to secure food supplies and protect rural livelihoods from extreme weather shocks.

The project aims to support four countries–Azerbaijan, Iraq, Liberia, and Malawi–to each prepare and submit Biennial Transparency Reports (BTRs) and combined Biennial Transparency Report / National Communications (BTR/NCs) that will comply with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement reporting requirements, while responding to national development goals.

Eastern and Southern Africa are highly vulnerable to climate change, facing recurrent droughts, floods, heatwaves, and increasingly erratic rainfall that intensify water stress and land degradation. These climate stresses are compounded by rapid population growth, projected to rise from around 749 million in 2023 to nearly 964 million by 2050, placing growing pressure on already overstretched infrastructure. In 2023, around 365 million people lacked access to electricity and 580 million lacked access to clean cooking, severely constraining adaptation, productivity, and health outcomes across the region.

The ASCENT-GREEN project  aims to support climate-vulnerable communities across 21 countries in Eastern and Southern Africa by catalysing private-sector delivery of distributed renewable energy, clean cooking, and productive-use energy. It seeks to increase climate resilience, drive economic development, and reduce emissions across some of the region's most remote and fragile contexts.

Structured around three components, the project will establish a regional energy access financing facility providing affordable lending, results-based financing, and technical assistance, prioritizing rural households, fragile, conflict-affected populations, small and medium-sized enterprises and women-owned enterprises; develop regional de-risking facilities including a risk-sharing facility and a carbon risk mitigation facility to crowd in private capital; and establish a Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)-led regional platform to coordinate policy, technical assistance, and knowledge sharing across participating countries.

Through financing instruments that address barriers such as affordability, risk perception, and scaling up, the project will mobilise significantly larger private flows and accelerate market transformations, enabling far greater reach. It is expected to directly benefit 28.8 million people and indirectly reach a further 13.8 million, supporting improved access to energy services and enhanced resilience across participating countries.

The project's overall objective is to pioneer integrated and innovative approaches to catalyzing more inclusive, sustainable, and resilient food systems transformation in four African countries while distilling lessons and knowledge that can inform and inspire the way forward with continental and global agendas and programs.

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