The African Institute of Corporate Citizenship (Aicc) has embarked on a four-year program to improve livelihoods, food and nutrition security for 180 000 households nationwide, funded by the Royal Norwegian Embassy provided K776 million for the program which will run till June 2021.

Aicc head of programs Driana Lwanda said on Thursday that the program will target smallholder farmers in organised groups in five districts, namely Mchinji, Dowa, Kasungu, Mzimba

and Rumphi.

The targeted areas include women who constitute 60% of the beneficiaries, while the said districts have been targeted due to their vulnerability, existing farming structures and value chains of crops such as legumes, maize, spices and vegetables, among others. “Through the program, we will increase resilience to climate change, diversifying agriculture production, developing new value chains and closing the gender gap in agriculture and contribute to the transformation of the agriculture sector,” said Lwanda.