Project Concern International (PCI)'s Pathways to Sustainable Food Security, Njira, was a five-year Food for Peace project funded by USAID from 2015 - 2019. Together with Emmanuel International (EI), the project aimed to reduce chronic malnutrition and food insecurity, and well as build resilience among vulnerable populations in Balaka and Machinga Districts through layered nutrition, health, WASH, agriculture, livelihoods, environmental, and risk reduction interventions. Each year of implementation, Njira conducted an annual beneficiary-based survey to assess whether the project was on track for achieving the intended outcomes for direct beneficiaries. Survey results were utilized to inform program performance, adjust interventions where appropriate, and meet donor reporting requirements. The survey had 3 components with differing sample frames: agriculture, health, and a general, the latter of which included any Njira participant in its sample frame and focused on a variety of topics. More details are included in the protocol. From 2017 - 2019, the annual survey questionnaires and protocol were nearly identical so direct comparisons across annual periods can be warranted, with the exception that data collection for 2017 and 2018 surveys occurred in September/October, and data collection for the 2019 survey occurred in June. Data was collected for the 2019 annual survey between June 1 - 21, 2019.

Project Concern International (PCI)'s Pathways to Sustainable Food Security, Njira, was a five-year Food for Peace project funded by USAID from 2015 - 2019. Together with Emmanuel International (EI), the project aimed to reduce chronic malnutrition and food insecurity, and well as build resilience among vulnerable populations in Balaka and Machinga Districts through layered nutrition, health, WASH, agriculture, livelihoods, environmental, and risk reduction interventions. Each year of implementation, Njira conducted an annual beneficiary-based survey to assess whether the project was on track for achieving the intended outcomes for direct beneficiaries. Survey results were utilized to inform program performance, adjust interventions where appropriate, and meet donor reporting requirements. The survey had 3 components with differing sample frames: agriculture, health, and a general, the latter of which included any Njira participant in its sample frame and focused on a variety of topics. More details are included in the protocol. From 2017 - 2019, the annual survey questionnaires and protocol were nearly identical so direct comparisons across annual periods can be warranted, with the exception that data collection for 2017 and 2018 surveys occurred in September/October, and data collection for the 2019 survey occurred in June. Data was collected for the 2018 annual survey between September 1-18, 2018.

The baseline study consisted of two components: a representative population-based household survey focused on the collection of data for required impact and outcome indicators, and a qualitative component to add depth, richness, and context and serve to triangulate information from survey findings and analysis. 6 datasets were created including a household dataset with 5006 records and a members’ dataset with 16034 records. The Amalima Program goal is to improve household nutrition and food security sustainably through increased resilience and growth guided by two strategic objectives: (1) to sustainably improve livelihood through improved productivity, marketing and access to financial services and (2) to sustainably improve household nutrition and health. The ENSURE Program has the following three objectives: (1) to improve nutrition among women of reproductive age, pregnant and lactating women and children under five years of age, (2) to increase household and micro-enterprise productivity and income through market oriented approaches and (3) to increase household resilience to shocks.

The Malawi Population-Based Survey (PBS) provides a comprehensive assessment of the current status of agriculture and food security in seven districts in the Central and Southern Regions: Mchinji, Lilongwe, Dedza, Ntcheu, Balaka, Machinga, and Mangochi. The PBS was conducted from November 14 to December 22, 2012. The overall objective of the survey is to provide baseline on data living standards, nutritional status, and women's empowerment in agriculture in the Zone Of Influence. A total of 3,397 households in the ZOI were interviewed for the PBS, and these households were spread across 126 rural standard enumeration areas (SEAs) in the seven districts.

This asset contains anonymized data from the 2018 follow-up evaluation of the WALA project in Southern Malawi. The Wellness and Agriculture for Life Advancement (WALA) project, which operated from 2009 to 2014, sought to improve the food security and vulnerability of 214,974 chronically food insecure households in eight districts in Southern Malawi (Nsanje, Chikwawa, Thyolo, Mulanje, Zomba, Machinga, Chiradzulu, and Balaka). This project was funded by the Office of Food for Peace (FFP) of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). WALA was implemented by a consortium of organizations that included Catholic Relief Services (CRS)/Malawi, ACDI/VOCA, Africare, Chikwawa Catholic Diocese (CCD), Emmanuel International (EI), Project Concern International (PCI), Save the Children (SAVE), Total Land Care (TLC), and World Vision International (WVI). Project activities included maternal and child health projects; nutrition, agriculture, natural resource management, irrigation, and economic activity treatments; and disaster risk reduction activities. Sustainability of the project relied on household members’ continued motivation to use the practices taught and supported under WALA, as well as continued access to public and private services.

Feed the Future initiative in Malawi is committed to improving food security and nutrition in farming households while reducing rural poverty through an agriculture-led, integrated economic growth, nutrition, and natural resource management strategy. The goal of the impact evaluation is to determine whether integrating nutrition interventions alongside agricultural value chain interventions will contribute to a greater reduction in malnutrition among children under 3 years of age, compared to nutrition improvements anticipated from stand-alone value chain activities. The main objectives are to enable USAID missions to meet the performance monitoring requirements of Feed the Future and maximize the use and benefits of data collected; provide high-quality empirical evidence to inform program design and investment decisions that will promote sustainable food security; ensure timely availability of highquality data for use in monitoring performance and evaluating impacts of the Feed the Future initiative; and facilitate accountability and learning about which Feed the Future interventions work best, under what conditions, and at what cost.

This dataset contains the analytical variables derived in the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index WEAI analysis. It is part of the 2015 Feed the Future Malawi Interim Survey in the Zone of Influence. The survey was designed to monitor program performance by periodic assessments of a number of standardized indicators. A total of 1,021 households were interviewed, which provided data for the target sample size of 1,007 households and ensured the sample is representative of the seven districts covered in the interim assessment. The unique identifiers in this individual-level file are pbs_id + idcode.

This dataset describes the mothers in the households that participated in this baseline survey. The spreadsheet has 70 columns and 2,856 rows. The Malawi Population-Based Survey (PBS) provides a comprehensive assessment of the current status of agriculture and food security in seven districts in the Central and Southern Regions: Mchinji, Lilongwe, Dedza, Ntcheu, Balaka, Machinga, and Mangochi. The PBS was conducted from November 14 to December 22, 2012. The overall objective of the survey is to provide baseline on data living standards, nutritional status, and women's empowerment in agriculture in the Zone Of Influence. A total of 3,397 households in the ZOI were interviewed for the PBS, and these households were spread across 126 rural standard enumeration areas (SEAs) in the seven districts.

Feed the Future initiative in Malawi is committed to improving food security and nutrition in farming households while reducing rural poverty through an agriculture-led, integrated economic growth, nutrition, and natural resource management strategy. The goal of the impact evaluation is to determine whether integrating nutrition interventions alongside agricultural value chain interventions will contribute to a greater reduction in malnutrition among children under 3 years of age, compared to nutrition improvements anticipated from stand-alone value chain activities. The main objectives are to enable USAID missions to meet the performance monitoring requirements of Feed the Future and maximize the use and benefits of data collected; provide high-quality empirical evidence to inform program design and investment decisions that will promote sustainable food security; ensure timely availability of highquality data for use in monitoring performance and evaluating impacts of the Feed the Future initiative; and facilitate accountability and learning about which Feed the Future interventions work best, under what conditions, and at what cost.

This dataset describes the households that participated in this baseline survey. The spreadsheet has 44 columns and 3,476 rows. The Malawi Population-Based Survey (PBS) provides a comprehensive assessment of the current status of agriculture and food security in seven districts in the Central and Southern Regions: Mchinji, Lilongwe, Dedza, Ntcheu, Balaka, Machinga, and Mangochi. The PBS was conducted from November 14 to December 22, 2012. The overall objective of the survey is to provide baseline on data living standards, nutritional status, and women's empowerment in agriculture in the Zone Of Influence. A total of 3,397 households in the ZOI were interviewed for the PBS, and these households were spread across 126 rural standard enumeration areas (SEAs) in the seven districts.