MALAWI: PARTNERING FOR GLOBAL HUNGER AND FOOD

UNCLAS LILONGWE 000576 SIPDIS STATE FOR EEB/TPP/MTAA/ABT/ANN RYAN, C FOR MARISA PLOWDEN, IO/HS FOR ROBERT HAGAN AND JOHN TUMINARO LONDON FOR AF WATCHER PETER LORD E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: EAGR EAID ETRD MI SUBJECT: MALAWI: PARTNERING FOR GLOBAL HUNGER AND FOOD SECURITY ACTION REQUEST REF: A. SECSTATE 107298 ¶B. LILONGWE 387 ¶1. Post delivered Ref A demarche by diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on October 19, with copies to the Office of President and Cabinet Chief Secretary, the Ministry of Development Planning and Cooperation, the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Agriculture. Post also discussed the Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative on October 21 with Randson Mwadiwa, the Secretary to the Treasury (ST) at the Ministry of Finance. The ST noted the congruence of the USG initiative and Malawi's Green Belt initiative to extend the use of irrigated agriculture (Ref B). He was receptive to linking the Green Belt plan to the Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Program (CAADP),which would tie into the USG initiative. ¶2. USAID/Malawi circulated the key points from Ref A to the heads of the cooperating partners group of donor agencies in Malawi. USAID also followed up with further direct discussions of the points with representatives of the World Bank, DfID, and Irish Aid. BODDE