Policy

Overview

The Malawian Livestock sector is driven by the National Livestock Development Policy, which was launched on January 20, 2022.

Goal

Outcomes

1. Increased livestock production and productivity and improved herd health to meet national demand and export markets.

2. Reduced poverty levels, increased income and nutrition levels amongst the livestock value chain players.

3. Increased public and private sector investments across the livestock value chains.

4. Increased access to functional input and output markets across livestock value chains.

5. Increased participation of all gender groups including youth, women and vulnerable groups in livestock development.

6. Increased contribution of livestock towards climate change mitigation and resilience.

7. Improved livestock institutional development, coordination and capacity strengthening in compliance with regional and international standards.

Objectives

1. Increase by 50% the contribution of livestock sector to overall agricultural production through effective animal production, health and value chains interventions.
2. Increase the value of livestock exports by 10%.
3. Increase livestock production by 60% through improved animal health and animal welfare.
4. Provide an enabling environment for credible and sustainable provision of veterinary/animal health services to reduce the socio-economic impact of Transboundary Animal Diseases by 50%.
5. Prepare and enforce all the laws governing disease control and food safety to safeguard animal biodiversity
6. Sustainably increase consumption of livestock products by 100% while developing and conserving the genetic resources.
7. Increase by 60% the number of new livestock technologies
8. Increase women’s and youth’s access, ownership and control of livestock assets by 50%.
9. Divest 50% of government non-core livestock functions through increased public and private sector investors.

Priority areas

1. Sustainable Commercially led Livestock Production and Productivity

2. Animal health, Veterinary Public Health and Animal Welfare

3. Livestock Research Innovations, Technology Development and Dissemination

4. Livestock Market Development, Agro-processing and Value Addition.

5. Livestock for Resilience, Security and Risk Management.

6. Empowerment of all gender groups including youth, women and vulnerable groups through livestock sector.

7. Livestock sector Institutional Development, Coordination and Capacity Strengthening

8. Environment, Natural Resource Management and Climate Change

9. Access to Finance, Mechanization and Investment
   
   

Policy statements

1. Promote participation of large, medium and small-scale players in livestock production through increased investments, improved livestock extension services and appropriate fiscal policy measures.
2. Promote quality feed production and monitor use of feed additives
3. Support and promote regulated development, conservation and utilization of indigenous and approved exotic breeds.
4. Promote livestock diversification
5. Promote livestock intensification and integration with other agro enterprises
6. Safeguard breeding animals from indiscriminate slaughters
7. Promote development of livestock identification and traceability systems