Vision
Malawi with diversified crop production and sustainable crop production and productivity.
Mission
Promoting appropriate crop production technologies and providing crop production technical services in order to achieve household and national food security, increased crop-based incomes, foreign exchange earnings and import substitution.
Mandate
The mandate of Crop Development Department in the Ministry is to address the knowledge gap at frontline extension workers level and specialized crop based farmer organizations; and provide crop production technical services in order to enhance effective diffusion of technologies released by the Agricultural Technology Clearing Committee (ATCC) and provide services for farm mechanisation, migratory pest control and seed certification.
Overall Goal
The department has an overall goal of contributing towards sustainable and diversified crop production and productivity.
Policy Guiding Principles
Crop Production
Crop Protection
Seed Services
FISP
Services Offered
The Department provides the following services:
Introduction
The Department of Crop Development is responsible for supporting sustainable and diversified crop production and development, including the dissemination of appropriate crop production and processing technologies along the agricultural value chain.
Objectives
To reduce pre and post harvest crop losses,
To improve access and use of improved and recommended farm inputs,
To intensify irrigated crop production,
To promote diversified crop production in suitable areas,
To coordinate agricultural production survey,
To promote crop enterprise mechanisation and agro-processing,
To reduce drudgery of farm operations,
To improve capacity of the department in services delivery.