[{"bbox": [147, 153, 665, 186], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 3 DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTION"}, {"bbox": [147, 219, 569, 251], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.1 Objectives and Expected Outputs"}, {"bbox": [157, 264, 981, 318], "category": "Text", "text": "The **Overall Objective** (Impact) of this action is to contribute to sustainable and inclusive transformation of food systems in Malawi"}, {"bbox": [157, 344, 559, 371], "category": "Text", "text": "The **Specifics Objectives** of this action are:"}, {"bbox": [157, 371, 1073, 424], "category": "List-item", "text": "1. Better preservation, restoration and regeneration of natural resource base and its diverse ecosystems"}, {"bbox": [157, 430, 775, 455], "category": "List-item", "text": "2. More inclusive, sustainable and territorial relevant value chains"}, {"bbox": [157, 463, 840, 490], "category": "List-item", "text": "3. To improve dietary intake and diversity of targeted Malawi population"}, {"bbox": [157, 496, 1073, 523], "category": "List-item", "text": "4. To enhance evidence-based and gender-sensitive decision making and knowledge dissemination"}, {"bbox": [157, 555, 1043, 605], "category": "Text", "text": "The **Outputs** to be delivered by this action contributing to the corresponding Specific Objectives are:"}, {"bbox": [157, 635, 1006, 687], "category": "Text", "text": "Output 1.1: Land use planning, watershed management and soil conservation/regeneration at district level improved"}, {"bbox": [157, 688, 1039, 740], "category": "Text", "text": "Output 1.2: Forest cover regenerated and increased, including through improved customary land rights and community based solutions"}, {"bbox": [157, 741, 1003, 768], "category": "Text", "text": "Output 1.3: Capacities to manage natural resources in a multi-sectorial fashion are improved"}, {"bbox": [157, 794, 1038, 846], "category": "Text", "text": "Output 2.1: Technical and business capacities of selected farmers organisations and MSMEs are strengthened"}, {"bbox": [157, 847, 760, 873], "category": "Text", "text": "Output 2.2: Access to markets of Farmers organisations enhanced"}, {"bbox": [157, 874, 1069, 925], "category": "Text", "text": "Output 2.3: Access to finance of farmer organisations and agricultural MSMEs, especially women-led agribusiness increased"}, {"bbox": [157, 927, 965, 979], "category": "Text", "text": "Output 2.4: ICT based market oriented services developed for farmers organisations and agricultural MSMEs"}, {"bbox": [157, 1006, 949, 1032], "category": "Text", "text": "Output 3.1: Hygiene and nutrition practices within selected communities are improved"}, {"bbox": [157, 1033, 1050, 1059], "category": "Text", "text": "Output 3.2: Enhanced capacity of households to produce and consume diversified nutritious food"}, {"bbox": [157, 1085, 1070, 1138], "category": "Text", "text": "Output 4.1 Participatory action research in the field of natural resource management and agriculture is strengthened"}, {"bbox": [157, 1139, 978, 1191], "category": "Text", "text": "Output 4.2. Capacities of local academia to conduct multi-stakeholder action research and disseminate its findings is strengthened"}, {"bbox": [147, 1245, 428, 1273], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.2 Indicative Activities"}, {"bbox": [157, 1291, 535, 1318], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Activities related to Outputs 1.1. to 1.3**"}, {"bbox": [157, 1325, 798, 1353], "category": "Text", "text": "(activities at district level will be defined through a call for proposals)"}, {"bbox": [157, 1359, 1074, 1493], "category": "Text", "text": "Land use planning, coupled with land registration - coordinated with traditional authorities to slow down or reverse the process of farm expansion into forest and marginal lands (integrated land use development - crops, livestock, forests advisory service). To encourage smallholder farmers to invest on agricultural land, all participating households will be offered an opportunity to register and have title to their customary estates."}, {"bbox": [157, 1501, 1074, 1608], "category": "Text", "text": "There will also be a specific focus on the forest fringes to help stabilise the agricultural frontier as a buffer zone around Malawi's forest reserves and protected areas through (but not limited to) planting of fast-growing trees for biomass, promotion of higher value forest plantations in function of domestic wood industry, promotion of trees on farm land, agro-ecology and agroforestry. Soil and"}, {"bbox": [976, 1681, 1082, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 8 of 24"}]