1.3.1.c: Sugar
Increase production of sugar by 23 percent. Other Information:
Medium-term Expected Outcomes -- The medium term expected outcome is increased production of sugar by 23 percent. For Malawi
to compete successfully as an international player in the sugar market, it needs to ensure that its sugar industry is profitable
and is able to reinvest in growing and processing. However, the sub-sector is faced with a number of constraints which include
access to the major European markets, and poor transport linkages to ports Key Strategies -- * Negotiating Economic Partnership
Agreements (EPAs) with European Union to ensure fair trading of sugar, * Promoting out-grower schemes for smallholders, and
* Improving inter modal transport for effective linkages to ports.
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