Commitment

Organic Indigenous Species in Malawi

Civil Society Organisation / Malawi

NeverEndingFood Permaculture

Partner organisations:
Private sector non-food business: Permaculture Paradise Institute, Area 25 Health Centre (governmental hospital) Environmental Industries, EcoLodgy (both are private sector but both food and non-food)
Civil society organization (CSO) or Non-governmental organization (NGO): CISANET (Civil Society Agriculture Network), Permaculture Network in Malawi, Agroecology Hub, (community of practice) Butterfly Space (business), Malawi School Permaculture Clubs (a project of the Butterfly Space)
Commitment made: 07 Jan 2022
Related event: Other event
Targeted location (aggregate)

National - Malawi is organized by small blocks of a few hundred homes in a cascading system. Coverage will phase in from …

Global - Anyone interested from any sector and type of organization. Hoping to also reach those not interested yet such as some …

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Commitment description

During our lifetime we will take part in open source documentation of the availability and use of indigenous species and organic agriculture in Malawi and measure the impact for both the use and non-use. We will communicate progress and any results tailored to various audiences.

Global Nutrition Targets

Anaemia
Under-5 stunting
Under-5 wasting
Adult obesity
Adult diabetes
Under-5 overweight
Low birthweight
Exclusive breastfeeding
Salt/sodium intake

Nutrition Action Classification across all goals

Enabling

  • Financial
  • Operational
  • Leadership and governance
  • Research monitoring and data

Policy

  • Food environment
  • Food supply chain
  • Consumer knowledge
  • Nutrition care services

Impact

  • Undernutrition
  • Diet
  • Obesity and diet-related NCDs
  • Food and nutrition security

N4G themes covered by goals

  • Food
  • Health
  • Resilience
  • Data
  • Financing

Total funding and costs across all goals

Funders Funding is not secured yet but we are working on it. Welt Hunger Hilfe WHH, ICRISAT, CISANET, Soils Foods Healthy Communities SFHC, Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, BioVision, Rockefeller Foundation.
Funding mechanism Private - Public Partnerships
Cost secured 10000 - just our own right now, but I'm positive now that I am more solely focused on this that I will be able to generate interest and funding.
Total costs estimated Yes, and the amount publicly disclosed
Currency (USD) - United States dollar
Cost amount 1,000,000.0
$USD equivalent 1,000,000.0 (World Bank average exchange rate for 2021)

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