This project based in the Mzimba and Nkhata Bay districts of Northern Malawi, aims to improve the food security of 5,380 resource poor farming households. It will form and build the capacity of community based organisations such as farmer organisations, women's groups and PLWHA support groups to strengthen local decentralised governance structures so that communities are able to address and advocate for their own development. It will also run activities to address HIV and AIDS in the two target communities