EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Introduction
The Government of Malawi through the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (MoAFS) is seeking support from World Bank to implement an Agricultural Productivity Programme in Southern Africa (APPSA) with the objective of increasing the productivity of maize, rice and legumes through the introduction of improved varieties and modern farming technologies. The proposed APPSA programme will support agricultural technology generation and dissemination by supporting the strengthening and scaling up of regional centres of research leadership on programs of regional importance through regional collaboration. For identified regional priority programs, APPSA would support efforts to scale up and develop national research centres into regional centres of leadership. The total project cost for Malawi is approximately US$30 million.