MALAWI - Africa Disaster Risk Financing (ADRiFi) Programme

Project Summary

Approval Date	02 Jun 2022
Signature Date	24 Jun 2022
Planned Completion Date	31 May 2024
Sovereign / Non-Sovereign	Sovereign
Sector	Agriculture and Rural Development
DAC Sector Code	31110
Environmental Category	3
Commitment	U.A 3,500,000
Status	Implementation

Project General Description

The ADRiFi programme in Malawi will be implemented in two phases with the initial phase spanning for two (2) years 2022 and2023 and the second phase for additional two(2) years-2024 and2025-subject to availability of financial resources. The budget for the first phase is USD10.13millionco-financed from ADF 15resources for UA 3.5 million(approximately USD 4.9 million), the ADRiFi Multi-Donor Trust Fund (MDTF) for USD 4.35 million, the Government of Malawi for USD 0.4million and an in-kind contribution by the African Risk Capacity for USD 0.48 million. The direct beneficiary of the Programme is the Government of Malawi, which will benefit from support in the payment of its sovereign risk premium for the transfer of drought risks, as well as the agencies involved in disaster risk management in the country that will benefit from capacity building. The indirect beneficiaries of the programme are the vulnerable smallholder farmers exposed to drought with a significant proportion of them being women and children.

Project Objectives

The overall goal of ADRiFi in Malawi is to enhance the resilience and response to climate shocks in the country, by improving the management of climate disaster risks. The Programme's specific objectives are: (i)To strengthen the capacity of Malawi to evaluate climate-related risks and costs, and elaborate subsequent adaptation measures at both national and sub-national levels; and (ii)To promote initial financing for disaster risk transfer solutions .

Beneficiaries

The direct beneficiary of ADRiFi is the Government of Malawi, which will benefit from the support for the payment of its premium to ARC Ltd, as well as relevant Ministries, Departments and Agencies that will benefit from capacity building to manage disaster risk activities in the country. The indirect beneficiaries are the local and rural communities that will benefit from assistance in the event of droughts. The Programme will target individuals affected by drought with special focus on women and children.

Participating Organization

Funding

African Development Fund

Implementing

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE & FOOD SECURITY

Information

IATI identifier	46002-P-MW-A00-012
Last Update	09 Dec 2022

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Contact Details

Name	ONZIMA Benard
Email	b.onzima@afdb.org

Geographic Location

Country	Malawi

Coordinates	Location Name
-10.1115 33.8815	Karonga District
-13.9669 33.7872	Lilongwe
-13 33.4167	Kasungu District
-13.7196 34.4018	Salima District
-15.6473 34.9396	Blantyre District
-14.9458 35.5737	Machinga District
-14.766 35.283	Shire River Source

Project Classification

Finance Type	Aid Grant Excluding Debt Reorganisation
Flow Type	ODA
Aid Type	Project Type Interventions

Commitments

U.A 3,500,000

African Development Fund

U.A 3,500,000

Disbursements

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General Procurement Notice	en	viewer
Appraisal report	en	viewer
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Indicator	Indicator Measure	Target Year	Target Value
Number of gender sensitive Early warning systems developed and implemented	Number	2022	3
Number of vulnerable smallholder farmers covered annually by the sovereign risk insurance	Number	2022	3800000
Number of vulnerable smallholder farmers covered annually by the sovereign risk insurance - of which women	Number	2022	1900000
Number of months taken to provide the first assistance to the most vulnerable in case of a declared drought	Month	2022	3
Number of staff trained on Climate Risk Modelling	Number	2022	30
Number of staff trained on Climate Risk Modelling - of which women	Number	2022	12
Number of years of consecutive participation by the country in the African Risk Capacity (ARC) Risk Pool	Number	2022	4
Existence of a Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for Disaster Risk Financing (DRF) in the country	Number	2022	1
Number of Staff trained on Agriculture Risk Management including awareness on index-based insurance	Number	2022	50
Number of Staff trained on Agriculture Risk Management including awareness on index-based insurance - of which women	Number	2022	25
Number of annually updated country disaster risk profiles that are gender sensitive	Number	2022	3
Number of biennial gender sensitive contingency plans developed and owned by all stakeholders	Number	2022	2
Number of trainings on Climate Risk Modelling	Number	2022	1
Number of Final Implementation Plans developed	Number	2022	1
Number of Gender Action Plans developed	Number	2022	1
Number of women small hold farmers trained on entrepreneurial skills, facilitated to start alternative income generation activities and linked to markets for their produces	Number	2022	500
Number of annual payments of the premiums to African Risk Capacity (ARC) Ltd	Number	2022	4
M&E Framework designed	Number	2022	1
Number of training on public policy management of climate risks	Number	2022	1
Number of training on Agriculture Risk Management and Awareness on Index-Based Insurance	Number	2022	1
Number of bi-annual engendered Programme implementation progress report	Number	2022	4
Gender-responsive Audit report	Number	2022	1
Programme completion report	Number	2022	1