Title goes hereIs Financing policy responsive to Food System

Transformation in Malawi?

Moraka N Makhura, Olayinka Adegbite, Elizabeth Mkhandawire, Nic JJ Olivier, FlorahNankhuni, Christone Nyondo & Sheryl Hendricks

Introduction

• Malawi undergoing policy reforms• Effective financing of food system transformation required• Policy land scape mapped with elements of food system (FST)• Linkage between finance and FST established• Finance policy • Narrow focus: instruments to finance entrepreneurs (farmers)• Broad focus: Total investments required to implement policy change

• Policy materials used

Most of the policies emphasized production systems, followed by processing and packaging

Input Supply

45%

Production Systems

Storage & Distribution

Processing & Packaging

Markets(Wholesale &

Retail)

86% 25%

55%48%

Most policies addressed consumer capacity, diet diversity and improved feeding management.

Consum

er Behavior

Strengthening consumer awareness, education, knowledge and skills

Diet diversity

Improved feeding practices, food preparation and hygiene

Food quantity and purchase

Consumer food acceptability and quality

59%

55%

55%

28%

21%

Food standards and control main consideration

Food standards, safety quality control, sanitary

measures and

certification (89%)

Promotion, advertising and

information

(39%)

Availability & proximity

(22%)

Economic access or

affordability

(11%)

Food Environment

Financial inclusion and Innovation, technology & infrastructure major drivers

Climate change, natural resource & risk management (D1)

Innovation, technology & infrastructure (D2)

Globalization, trade & market liberalisation (D3)

Emergency, food crises & aids (D4)

food price & volatility

Land tenure

Social norms, gender equality & women empowerment (D7)

Population growth, urbanisation & migration (D8)

Economic empowerment & Income growth (D9)

Financial inclusion & system development & inclusion (D10)

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70

Percentage %

Finance policies less reflective of FSNKey

High Medium Low

Key

High Medium Low

Financing Systems Policies Food Systems Policies 1. National Strategy for Financial Inclusion (2016 - 2020)

1. National Agricultural Investment Plan (FY2017/2018 - FY2022/2023)

2. Long Term Finance Policy (2016)

2. National Multi-Sector Nutrition Strategic Plan (2018 – 2020)

3. Financial Sector Development Strategy II (2017 – 2021)

3. National Seed Policy (2018)

4. Draft Strategic Plan Commercial Support Services (CASS) (2018-2023)

4. Land Policies (2002; 2016)

Key issues

• Financing still important due to reliance on external partners• Financing policy in Malawi less responsive to food systems.• Emerging pressure groups driving new policies to focus on

food chain (producers).• Finance to target food system elements• Financial inclusion requires development of innovative finance

services and products.• The multi-stakeholder partnerships identified to mobilize

finance for food systems transformation.

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