With MK326M AGCOM 2 support, Chigunyu Cooperative plans to establish a 400-hectare megafarm in Mzimba. Mk85 million first tranche funded warehouse construction and procurement of gnut shelling, grading and plucking machines that have motivated the need for increased production.
Kafumbata Model Garden Youth Cooperative in Lilongwe expands from 2 to 6 hectares with MK40M AGCOM 2 first tranche support, tripling cabbage yields & boosting income. The youth will buy a truck and construct an office with the second tranche support to power their growth.
Chamunya Beekeepers Cooperative at Euthini in Mzimba hits a milestone with MK21M in honey sales from just 25 clubs, thanks to 500 new beehives supported by AGCOM Program. More harvest underway, sales projected to surpass MK50million.
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AGCOM 2 & DARS conducted M&E visits for 2025/26 adaptive crop trials in 7 districts. Farmers tested new rice, sunflower, groundnut & sweet corn varieties. A push toward data-driven, commercial farming!
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Representatives from twelve farmer groups from Lilongwe, Kasungu, Mchinji, and Nkhatabay are attending a training at Mponela this week that aims to equip them with skills in bookkeeping, accounting and procurement procedures as they prepare to receive matching grants from AGCOM.
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AGCOM 2 Program conducted a training of staff at national level in Organizational Development, Business Management and Marketing using the Smallholder Horticulture Empowerment and Promotion (SHEP) approach from 10 to 14 March, at Lunzu RTC in Blantyre and SMEDI, Mponela in Dowa.
Ukwe Beef Producers Cooperative received MK95 million as part of the MK175 million matching grant from AGCOM 2 which it has used to construct cattle housing, a feeding pen and drill a borehole. The group started on Mlare secondary school students alumni WhatsApp group
After receiving MK133 million matching grant from AGCOM, Mwachitsosa Cooperative constructed a modern bulking center, procured 31 dairy animals, conducted trainings on dairy production and cooperative management. This is an all-women group with 38 members based in Lilongwe.
TILAPI cooperative from Zomba received MK53 million which they have used to procure a feed processor, construct a 44-pigpens kraal, caretakerβs house, a feed processing room and held trainings on pig farming and cooperative management. The group also bought improved pig breeds.
MTIKAMA Cooperative from Mangochi got K170m from AGCOM 2 and procured a tractor, implements, a trailer and multi-seed planter and thresher. The equipment will help the cooperative to increase farming area from 50ha to 200ha and increase soybean harvest to over 300mt.
Springs of Hope Cooperative is an all-youth cooperative receiving a matching grant of MK173 million from AGCOM 2. The cooperative has constructed a warehouse worth MK45 million and plans to buy a tractor and its implements valued at MK78 million.
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The Malawi Food Systems Resilience Program (MFSRP), locally branded as AGCOM 2, today received a resource boost following the signing of an additional funding agreement between the World Bank and the Government of Malawi.
Rice farmers in Karonga and Nkhatabay are satisfied with newly rice varieties saying they are high yielding early maturing and disease resistant. AGCOM 2 supported research trials of the new varieties at Wovwe Hara, and Mkondezi irrigation schemes in Karonga and Nkhatabay.
AGCOM 2 Program sensitization meeting continues at the BICC in Lilongwe. this morning we have Agribusiness officers, Irrigation officers, Crops officers, Livestock officers, Land Resources Conservation officers from all the districts and AEDCs from all EPAs in the central.
AGCOM 2 program sensitization meetings continue this week in the central region at the BICC in Lilongwe. Today, District Commissioners, Director of Agriculture Services and Chief Agriculture Officers from the central are being oriented on the offerings and services of the program