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The Government of Malawi is currently reviewing the Farm Input Subsidy Programme (FISP), which was initiated in 2005/2006, as a programme to combat poverty and food insecurity. This paper is intended to inform the FISP review and, in particular, how it can be coordinated with the Social Cash Transfer Programme (SCTP), in order to enable the FISP to more effectively fulfill its objectives of reducing poverty and food insecurity. This study shows that there are positive synergies between SCTP and FISP in terms of increasing household expenditure and the value of agricultural production, crop production and livestock and, to a lesser extent, improving food security. The study provides empirical evidence (taken from survey data) on the interplay between an agricultural development and a social protection intervention in Malawi.