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DEVELOPMENT PROJECT ACTIVITIES (DPA) AND LINE OF CREDIT (LOC) Cotton Ginning Facilities: A DPA LoC US$19.93 million dollar project of 2009. Cotton Ginneries were constructed and supplied to Government of Malawi at Ngabu, Ngara and Balaka located about 350 km, 450 km and 215 km from Lilongwe respectively, in the Cotton farming areas of Malawi. The plants were commissioned in 2012. Each plant has an output of 250 bales of cotton with each bale of 250 kgs per day. 18 • INDIA-MALAWI • 2019