IFPRI Malawi works to support policy development and improved planning within the Government of Malawi. The Department of Agricultural Planning Services (DAPS) in the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development (MoAIWD) is one of our key government counterparts. We support them in achieving the country’s food security and poverty reduction goals.
On February 28, 2020 IFPRI Malawi's Program Leader, Bob Baulch, visited DAPS to hand over six laptop computers to enable the department to work more efficiently. The computers were well received by Readwell Musopole, Acting Director of DAPS. While IFPRI's capacity strengthening efforts usually take the form of technical and analytical inputs -- such as new studies and policy briefs, support is also provided via in-kind resources, technology, and tools, which can help get the job done and enable key decision makers to guide progress in Malawi.
In 2018, IFPRI made a similar computer donation to DAPS.
