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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetPesticides risk reduction in Malawi 2019
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No results found.The Pesticides Risk Reduction in Malawi project is aimed at clearing all obsolete pesticides and putting in place measures to prevent further accumulation within the country. The overall project goal is the prevention of risks to both human health and the environment arising from obsolete pesticides and associated wastes, in order to promote sustainable intensification of agricultural production to meet the food, income and nutrition needs at both household and national level. The project is disposing of inventoried and warehoused obsolete pesticides, including POPs and remediating pesticide-contaminated sites. It is also pioneering empty container management in Malawi by establishing an empty container management scheme for proper recycling and disposal of empty pesticide containers. Furthermore, it is focusing on strengthening the legislative and institutional capacity for sound life-cycle management of pesticides in order to safeguard against future accumulation, and is training farmers on the use of safer alternatives to conventional pesticides through integrated pest management (IPM). Activities were initiated in March 2016, and are being implemented until June 2020 by the Pesticides Control Board (Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development), with technical and operational support from FAO. -
Book (stand-alone)Evaluating the impacts of promoting coherence between disaster risk reduction, climate action and social protection in Malawi
Baseline analysis and programmatic implications of a Farmer Field School approach
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No results found.The project “Promoting coherence between disaster risk reduction, climate action and social protection in sub-Saharan Africa (Malawi)” aims to support poor and vulnerable households to strengthen their resilience to climate change and climate variability through social protection (SP) and the adoption of proven climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practices blended with disaster risk reduction (DRR). FAO Malawi leads the implementation of the project in two targeted districts of Mwanza and Neno, targeting 2 400 farmers, some of them being beneficiaries of existing SP programmes. At community level, the project is implemented through the farmer field school (FFS) approach and delivered through 80 FFS groups located in 74 villages. To evaluate impacts of the project, we use a crossover design to compare the relative merits of its different components and combine various evaluation methods. This is a baseline report on the “Promoting coherence between disaster risk reduction, climate action and social protection in sub-Saharan Africa (Malawi)” project.
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