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One Village
One Product Programme (OVOP) is a community
-centered, and demand-driven local economic
development approach initiated by Oita Prefecture
in Japan in the 1970s. The uniqueness of
the approach is that they intended to achieve
their regional economic development through
adding value to products using locally available
resources through processing, quality control
and marketing. At the time other regions
in Japan relied on external resources such
as budgetary support from central Government
and huge investments by private companies
for their economic growth. Following symbolic
slogans of OVOP in Oita, namely 'Think Globally
Act Locally' 'Self-Reliance with Creative
Spirit' 'Human Resource Centered Development',
Oita Prefecture has been showing fairly
stable development & progress for the
last few decades.
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TThere have been a series of visits to Oita
by various Malawi government officials and
some reciprocal visits to Malawi by various
OVOP delegations from Japan with the support
of Japan International Cooperation Agency
(JICA). These interactions have generated
a lot of expectations in Malawi
The Programme
is under the Chairmanship of the Head
of state, His Excellency Dr. Bingu wa
Mutharika following his initiative of
Malawi Economic Growth and Development
Strategy.
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| Concept
of OVOP in Malawi |
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1.Number of OVOP Funded Projects |
| Year |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2006 |
Total |
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of Project |
4 |
14 |
12 |
4 |
13 |
47
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| Number
of Beneficiaries |
700 |
2,000 |
5,500 |
590 |
pipeline |
8,790
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| Finded
Amount(1000MK) |
3,300 |
8,467 |
4,400 |
845 |
pipeline |
17,012
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| *Estimation
from some majop projects sales
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ONE VILLAGE ONE
PRODUCT PROGRAMME (OVOP) SECRETARIAT
MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
P.O BOX 30312 LILONGWE 3, MALAWI
Tel: (265) 01 770 698/606
Fax: (265) 01 770 698
E-mail: ovopmalawi@yahoo.com |
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