NATURAL AGRICULTURE POLICY

POLICY PRIORITY AREA 6:AGRICULTURE RISK MANAGEMENT

 MADALITSO YOBE
 CLEMENT MULELEMBA
 GRACE BALOYI
 DOROTHY JERE
OVERVIEW

 INTRODUCTION TO AGRICULTURE RISK MANAGEMENT

 IDENTIFY THE POLICY STATEMENTS AND OBJECTIVES
 IDENTIFY THE STRATEGIES BEING IMPLEMENTED OR PLANNED TO ACHIEVE THE
POLICY OBJECTIVE
 IDENTIFY THE RESPONSIBLE PEOPLE OR INSTITUTIONS FOR EACH STRATEGY
 CONCLUSION
 AGRICULTURAL RISK MANAGEMENT
 AGRICULTURE RISKS ARE POTENTIAL THREATS AND UNCERTANITIES IN
FARMING THAT AFFECT PRODUCTION,INCOME,HEALTH OR SAFETY OF FARMERS
AND THEIR FARM OPERATIONS.
 THIS UNCERTANITIES COME ABOUT BECAUSE OF CLIMATE CHANGE,WEATHER
VARIABILITY AND PEST AND DISEASES,HUMAN RISKS AND POOR AGRICULTURE
POLICIES.
 HOWEVER THIS RISKS HAVE STRATEGIES WHICH IF IMPLEMENTED AND
FOLLOWED, THE UNCERTANITIES WILL BE A PAST.
 POLICY STATEMENTS
 THE POLICY WILL ESTABLISH A DIVERSFIED PORTIFOLIO OF AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTION RISK MANAGEMENT INSTRUMENTS AND TECHNOLOGIES.
 SUPPORT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE QUALITY OF MARKET INFORMATION SYSTEMS
FOR MANAGEMENT OF RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH AGRICULTURAL MARKETS.
 SUPPORT A REGIONAL APPROACH TO ENSURING FOOD AND NUTRITION
SECURITY.
 PROMOTE INTERGRATED MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF PESTS AND DISEASES.
 AGRICULTURAL RISK MANAGEMENT

REDUCE LOSSES ASSOCIATED WITH SYSTEMATIC AGRICULTURAL RISKS

PROMOTE TRANSPARENCY AND RULES BASED PROMOTE COORDINATION BETWEEN AND WITHIN
MANAGEMENT AND INTERVATIONS IN INSTITUTIONS AND ACTORS DEALING WITH AGRICULTURAL
MARKETS RISK MANAGEMENT

COORDINATE AND STRENGTHEN KEY

MOVE TOWARDS A COMBINATION OF VIRTUAL (e.g. CALL
INSTITUTIONS IN AGRICULTURAL RISK
OPTIONS) AND PHYSICAL GRAIN RESERVES FOR MALAWI
MANAGEMENT

PROMOTE THE USE OF AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE AS A

INCREASE FARMER ADOPTION OF DROUGHT AND RISK MITIGATION MEASURE SUCH AS WEATHER INDEX
FLOOD TOLERANT CROP VARIETIES CROP AND LIESTOCK INSURANCE AND LIVESTOCK
HEALTH INSURANCE
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 IMPROVE THE QUALITY AND AMOUNT OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE FOR

RISK MANAGEMENT IN AGRICULTURAL MARKETS
Improve M&E of risk
management interventions
Increase resources for
to assess impacts of policies
development of a market
and interventions and to
information system
improve effectiveness of
policy making
Enhance quality and
timeliness of data collection,
Strengthen food security
analysis, and information
early warning system to
dissemination to enable
make it more comprehensive
informed decision making
and efficient in alerting
and rapid response in the
stakeholders of any emerging
event of a food security
food security risks.
emergency
AGRICULTURAL RISK MANAGEMENT

Improve management of
food security risks

Promote investments in
regional strategic grain
reserves and storage
systems for the purposes
of addressing food security
risks.
 AGRICULTURAL RISK MANAGEMENT

Reduce pre and post_x0002_harvest losses and

enhance quality of
agricultural products

Invest in and maintain Empower communities,

infrastructure and equipment through capacity
for pest and disease strengthening initiatives, to
management, including dip manage infrastructure for
tanks and mist blowers. pest and disease control.
Strengthen surveillance Strengthen programmes for
systems for monitoring animal disease prevention,
outbreaks of pests and including vaccination.
diseases.
Test and explore
biotechnology options for
disease and pest control
 RESPONSIBLE INSTITUTIONS
 MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE
 NATIONAL FOOD RESERVE AGENCY
 AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT AND MARKETING CORPORATION (ADMARC)
 DEPARTMENT OF DISASTER MANAGEMENT AFFAIRS
 DEPARTMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES
 MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE,IRRIGATION AND WATER DEVELOPMENT(MoAIWD)
STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY AND AMOUNT OF INFORMATION
AVAILABLE FOR RISK MANAGEMENT IN AGRICULTURAL MARKETS AND
RESPONSIBLE INSTITUTIONS

 INCREASE RESOURCES FOR DEVELOPMENT OF A MARKET INFORMATION SYSTEM.

 IMPROVE M AND E MANAGEMENT INTERVENTIONS TO ASSESS IMPACTS OF
POLICIES AND INTERVENTIONS AND TO IMPROVE EFFECTIVENESS OF POLICY
MAKING.
 STRENGTHEN FOOD SECURITY EARLY WARNING SYSTEM TO MAKE IT MORE
COMPREHENSIVE AND EFFICIENT IN ALERTING STAKEHOLDERS OF ANY
EMERGING FOOD SECURITY RISKS.
 ENHANCE QUALITY AND TIMELINESS OF DATA COLLECTION,ANALYSIS AND
INFORMATION DISSEMINATION TO ENABLE INFORMED DECISION MAKING AND
RAPID RESPONSE IN THE EVENT OF A FOOD SECURITY EMERGENCY
 RESPONSIBLE INSTITUTIONS
 NATIONAL STATISTICAL OFFICE
 DERPATMENT OF AGRICULTURAL PLANNING SERVICES(DAPS)
 MoAIWD-DAPS
 UNIVERSITY AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS
 PRIVATE SECTORS
 MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE
STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE THE MANAGEMENT OF
FOOD SECURITY RISKS AND PESPONSIBLE
INSTITUTIONS

 PROMOTE INVESTMENTS IN REGIONAL STRATEGIC GRAIN RESERVES AND

STORAGE SYSTEMS FOR THE PURPOSES OF ADDRESSING FOOD SECURITY RISKS.
RESPONSIBLE INSTITUTIONS

 MoAIWD-DCD
 ADMARC
 NATIONAL FOOD RESERVE AGENCY
 SADC
 MALAWI VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE
 DDMA
STRATEGIES TO REDUCE PRE AND POST HARVEST
LOSSES AND ENHANCE QUALITY OF AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTS

 STREGHTENING SURVEIIILANCE SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING OUTBREAKS OF PEST

AND DISEASES
 STRENGTHENING PROGRAMMES FOR ANIMAL DISEASE PREVENTION INCLUDING
VACCINATON
 INVEST AND MAINTAIN INFRASTRUCTURE AND EQUIPMENT FOR PEST AND
DISEASE MANAGEMENT ,INCLUDING DIP TANKS AND MIST BLOWERS
 EMPOWER COMMUNITIES THROUGH CAPACITY STRENGTHENING INIATIVES TO
MANAGE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR PEST AND DISEASE CONTROL
 TEST AND EXPLORE BIOTECHNOLOGY OPTIONS FOR DISEASE AND PEST
CONTROL
RESPONSIBLE INSTITUTIONS

 MoIAWD,DCD AND DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES

 NGO’S
 PRIVATE SECTORS
 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE RESEARCH SERVICES
 NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES RESEARCH ORGANISATIONS
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