The New Partnership for Africa's Development Southern Africa Network of Water Centres of Excellence (NEPAD-SANWATCE) is participating in the implementation of the European Union (EU) funded African Centres of Excellence (ACE) WATER 2 project for the period 2016-2019. The University of Malawi, through the Natural Resources and Environment Centre (NAREC), one of SANWATCE’s satellite centres of water excellence, is taking lead in the coordination of the characterization of current agriculture activities, future potential irrigation developments and food security in the face of climate variability in the Zambezi River Basin (ZRB).