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PRIORITY SECTORS FOR INVESTMENT
The Government of Malawi invites foreign investment in any sector of the economy. However, emphasis for investment is in five priority areas, namely, Agriculture, Energy, Mining, Tourism and Physical Infrastructure, including Information and Communication Technology (ICT).
AGRICULTURE, NATURAL RESOURCES AND AGRO-PROCESSING
- Crop Production
Investment in agriculture, including integrated irrigation farming, is encouraged for farming crops such as rice, soybeans, pigeon peas, sunflower, integrated cotton development and horticulture. - Irrigation Farming
Irrigation farming is encouraged in all parts of the country. One of the priorities is an integrated irrigation project dubbed ‘’The Greenbelt Initiative’’. The main components of the project are: infrastructure development and rehabilitation of dams; environmental management; technology development and dissemination; agro-processing and marketing development. The project area is along the lakes and all perennial rivers from the North to the South of the country, covering an area of 1million hectares of which 86,000 hectares have already been developed. - Livestock Production
Investment in livestock production is encouraged. - Natural Resources
Malawi is endowed with natural resources such as forestry and fisheries. Investors are invited to invest in ornamental fishing, deep-fishing and fish processing and wood processing. - Agro-processing
Malawi encourages adding value to its agricultural products. Investors are encouraged to invest in cotton ginning and spinning including textile and garment manufacturing, fruit processing, beef and dairy processing, leather processing, oil seed production, production of sugar cane products, etc.
ENERGY
MINING
PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING ICT
TOURISM