PROGRAMME FOR RURAL

IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT (PRIDE)

NAZOMBE PRE-BID CONFERENCE

28/03/2024

Ryalls Hotel, Blantyre

PROGRAMME GOAL AND
OBJECTIVE
Programme Goal: “To reduce smallholder
farmers’ vulnerability to food insecurity, to
climate change effects and to the vagaries of the
market”.

Project Development Objective: “To organize and

empower smallholder farmers so that they
sustainably enhance their production levels to
such a degree that they can provide for their
household nutritional demands and deliver
produce to viable markets”.

Aligned to Malawi 2063 Vision: Pillar 1 -

Agricultural Productivity and Commercialization:

“We shall have an optimally productive and

commercialized agriculture sector”
IMPLEMENTATION APPROACH
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LOCATION & SITE SELECTION CRITERIA

Criteria One Criteria Two Criteria Three Finaly……

Irrigation > 40 ha: to not located in schemes

a district clustered to
Master Plan secure
realise
and sufficient scale where
efficiencies
Investment for marketing substantial during
Framework irrigation implementation;
priority list <850 ha: to investment is
planned or is preference to
secure
three schemes
manageability underway
within one area
by WUAs; through other
projects
 Min. of Finance & PROGRAMME AGREEMENT IFAD
Economic Affairs

Ministry of Min. of Local Gov. U Min of Natural Res.

Ministry of Lands Min of Water
Agriculture & Culture & Climate C.
& Sanitation

s
Technical Advisory Team Technical Advisory Team
Department of
Irrigation

PCO

Ministry of Gender,
Ministry of Local Ministry of Natural
Ministry of Water Ministry of Trade and Ministry of Community
Ministry of Lands Government, Unity and Resources and
and Sanitation Industry Agriculture Development and
Culture Climate Change S.W.

Consultancy on Consultancy on Feasibility, Consultancy on Value Consultancy on

Development of Water User Design and Supervision of Chain Development and Environmental and Social
Association Irrigation Schemes Market Analysis Impact Asseessment

Implementation Team
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TECHNICAL APPROACH

Number
Hectares
Population Segments
of HHs
Irrigated Rain-fed Total

Smallholder households
targeted for irrigated and 17,500 3,556 10,059 13,615
rain-fed agriculture

Smallholder households
targeted for rain-fed 2,000 0 1,800 1,800
agriculture only
Current
PCN
submission
for 19,500 3,556 11,859 15,415
Irrigation
 Technical
Framework

Construction of Night Storage Reservoir at Lingoni irrigation scheme in Machinga

Component I – Irrigation Development & Catchment Mgt.
A - Land and Water Governance
1 Sensitisation and
community
engagement
-Identify those who own the
land on the selected site
-Land tenure systems and
potential barriers to land
aggregation identified.
-Setting out of WUA
governance structures
(Executive committees and
sub-committees).
-Identify who are currently
using the land and under
what arrangements
2 Identification of Land Mapping/
3
potential scheme catchment
beneficiaries delineation
-Who are the likely to -Topographic surveys
participate in the done to determine
scheme? parcel land ownership
for tenure security.
-Develop and sign
land use agreements -Demarcate catchment
based on free prior boundaries.
and informed consent
-Formation of
-Secure Water rights catchment
management
structures (VNRMCs,
CMCs)
B – Irrigation System Development
Conduct feasibility and
design Studies for irrigation
-Conduct feasibility studies –
technical proofing of the
identified sites.
-Design the irrigation schemes
that corresponds to the technical
characteristics of the site –soil,
water, gradient.
-Develop grievance redress
mechanism
Undertake ESIA, Market Construct Irrigation
Analysis and Value Chain Schemes
Analysis studies
-Construct the designed
-Undertake Economic and irrigation schemes
Social Impact Assessments considering ESIA study
in line with national recommendation.
legislative frameworks.
-Consider the market
-Conduct Market analysis, analysis and value chain
value chain analysis studies.
studies.
-Enhance catchment
management activities as
well as related soil and
water conservation
aspects
 C – Good Agricultural Practices
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Enhance GAPs
-Identify GAPs based on
market analysis and
value chain analysis
results.
-Enhance transfer of
knowledge on GAPs
through demonstrations,
field days, open days,
adaptive trials, use of
climate information e.t.c.
- Upscale FFS
8 Linkage to Promote
improved value
mainstreaming
chains
issues
-Promote SHEP -Gender, Youth, persons
approach, FBS and with disabilities,
linkage of farmers to economic and food
commodity platforms for security classes to
the recommended value ensure social inclusion of
chains. all potential beneficiaries
-Promote value addition -Nutrition
and crop handling and
basic business skills of -Climate change
farmers.
-VSL for financial Support
CURRENT STATUS
Construction works
Physical Area Beneficiary Water
Name of Scheme District Remarks
Progress (ha) farmers Abstraction

Lingoni Machinga 100% 183 912 Weir Farmers utilising scheme

Matoponi Zomba 95% 110 454 Weir 4 earth canals in progress

Need additional resources to recover

Wowo Phalombe 85% 310 911 Weir from Cyclone Freddy

Mafinga Chitipa 100% 131 336 Weir Farmers utilising scheme

Marko Chitipa 100% 140 971 Weir Farmers utilising scheme

Mlooka Zomba 100% 156 520 Weir Farmers utilising scheme

Mzenga Nkhatabay 35% 900 1,289 Weir (Operational in June, 2024)

Total 1,930 5,393

Construction Works

Physical Area Beneficiary Water

Name of Scheme District Remarks
Progress (ha) farmers Abstraction

Contract signed; to be
Chipofya Rumphi 0% 983 4,559 Dam
completed in April, 2025

Contract awarded; to be
Dowa Dambo Dowa 0% 453 1,264 Dam
completed in April, 2025

Nazombe Chiradzulu 0% 200 2,437 Dam Tendering

Total 1,636 8,260

Nazombe Irrigation Scheme

TAX OBLIGATIONS!

• Contractors are liable to be

deducted 10% withholding tax from
the certificates’ gross amount as
per the Malawi Taxation Act

• All the certificates should include

Value Added Tax of 16.5%
Pump House and solar yard at Mlooka
Rice farming in Mlooka
Maize Stand at Mafinga Farmers harvesting maize at Mafinga
Matoponi irrigation scheme in Zomba

Water Users Association

(WUA) Office Building
Balancing Tank
Approach channel from Shire River to Intake
Balancing Tank
Water Users Association (WUA) Office
Wowo irrigation scheme in Phalombe
 Status of Headworks

Pre-Cyclone Freddy Post Cyclone Freddy

 Pre-Cyclone Freddy Post Cyclone Freddy

Current status
Lingoni in Pictures
Marko in Pictures
Mafinga in Pictures
 THANK YOU

Intake Weir at Wowo