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Malawi Partner CA (Year 5/5) Cooperative Agreement for USADF Malawi Partner UMODZI Consulting Limited to carry out the 3rd option year of their cooperative agreement.
USADF Multi-Country Off-Grid Energy Evaluation Salephera will carry out a multi-country evaluation of USADF's off-grid energy program.
Rice Milling Expansion Funds used to train farmers in improved rice growing practices; purchase processing equipment, construct warehouse, establish revolving loan fund
Kabunduli Beekeepers Capacity Building Project Kabunduli's honey project will benefit 61 beekeepers (half women). Funds will be used to provide training for management; staff and members in goodgovernance; participatory assessment; financial management; production quality and safety; best apiculture practices; and will bring processing and factory up to Malawi Bureau of Standards certification.
Helmsley Charitable Trust (Helmsley Charitable Trust (HCT) - ) - Luwani Cooperative Livelihood Improvement Project Sector: Agriculture (Crops and Livestock).Beneficiaries: 103 members (64 Women).Description: Luwani cooperative is seeking for Livelihood Improvement Project (LIP) funding to get training in livestock and crop production, they want to procure irrigation system and drill a borehole, they want to procure green houses, they want to build an office space, they want to construct livestock housing and they need some funds to procure office equipment among other things as stated in their budget.
MHPP Production of Honey and Juice Sector: Agriculture Beekeeping (Self-help Grant).Beneficiaries: 300 of which 198 are women.This small grant project of honey , juice and honey wine production will help small scale farmers to earn increased income. USADF funds will help 300 people to purchase bee hives,.honey extractors, harvesting bee suits, and assorted processing equipment. Funds will also pay the honey processing training fees and business management training fees.
Rice Growing and Marketing Expansion Project The project funds will be used to provide Muonasfarmers with improved infrastructure; equipment; affordable high quality inputs; and access to credit in order to meet the local demand for milled rice.
Helmsley Charitable Trust (HCT) - Dzundu Farmers Cooperative Livelihood Improvements Project Sector: Agriculture (Crops and Livestock).Beneficiaries : 76 Farmers (52 Women and 24 Men).Description: The farmers from Dzundu Farmers and Marketing Cooperative Society Limited are seeking for funding to improve livestock and crop production as they work with patients with NCDs and their communities around Zalewa Health Center.
Katawansembe Soya Capacity Building Project Sector: Argiculture/FtF Soya, Beneficiaries: 70 smallholder farmers, which includes 50 women., The proposed project is about promoting and supporting smallholder soya producers in the rural Dedza district. Mgwilizano Cooperative is composed of 70 hard working men and women, predominantly women who want to make a difference in their lives. These farmers mainly grow soya beans, ground nuts and maize. They have opted to concentrate on soya bean production because of several reasons including its profitability, low input (fertilizer) requirements and easiness to manage. USADF funding will provide training, technical assistance, working capital, solar infrastructure, and administrative support.
CEDE Tailoring and Screen Printing Project CEDE Tailoring and Screen Printing Project
Chandamale Producers and Marketing Cooperative Society Ltd. Chandamale Cooperative Potato Crisps Project
Capacity Building of Home Industries Limited Sector: Rice.Beneficieries:2000.Description: Home Industries Limited (HIL) is a woman owned organization that adds value to groundnuts and rice. HIL is seeking for funding to expand their rice business especially because they have opened up new markets in USA and South Africa. They are seeking for funding to held farmers get quality seed, to improve the quality of processed rice by buying their own machine, train the farmers, improve management and systems at the company and improve on quality assurance as they are also looking at a Scotland market.
Tukamulane Soy Production Capacity Building Project Sector: Soy beans..Beneficiaries: 310 smallholder farmers..Location: Namwera, Malawi..Description: The grant will enable Tukamulane Farmers Association to sustain growth by funding improved seeds and other agricultural inputs, a crop purchase fund to enable Tukamulane to buy more soy beans from farmers, farming equipment, as well as production and management training to strengthen the cooperative and its members.
KASFA Increased Rice Production and Marketing Capacity Sector: agriculture (rice).Description: KASFA wants to improve its capacity to manage the association and improve marketing. Currently most of their produce is sold to a larger organization; the farmers believe that if they can brand their own rice, they could get more profits thereby improving their livelihoods.
Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) - The Farm Sector: Agribusiness Beneficiaries: 300 Smallholder farmers Description: The farm will work with smallholder farmers to provide them with one week old chicks, veterinary services, animal health supplies, training as well as a market for their chicken.
Lower Shire Rice Expansion Grant Lower Shire Cooperative is a newly formed rice marketing union comprised of five primary rice cooperatives: Muona, Mkhate, Mbwazi, Nkombedzi and Masenjere. The cooperatives came together to accumulate produce to facilitate better branded product to reach both local and international markets.
Echoing Green (EG) - Flying Labs Lead climate change mitigation and adaptation and sustainable natural resource management in rural Malawi by using drone data.
Zuwe Agro-processors Crude Oil Capacity Building Project The project funds will be used to provide training for management; staff and members in goodgovernance; participatory assessment; financial management; production quality and safety; best farmingpractices and others; and will upgrade oil processing equipment.
Liwinza Honey Production Capacity Building Project Sector: Agriculture - Honey Production and Processing., Beneficiaries: Liwinza Honey Producers and Marketing Cooperative (LHPMC) is a predominantly women owned group comprising of 19 women and 4 men., Members of Liwinza produce and honey and other products. The group is based in Balaka District Nantchengwa village and started in 2006. The Cooperative was registered in 2015. Since inception, the farmers have been growing the income the business in order to improve their livelihoods, but they need capital boost to improve the way the business is run in order to have good standards. The USADF is a capacity building grant that will support the Liwinza families and help them to become food secure.
BOMFA Cooperative Sunflower and Soy Capacity Building Project Sector: Sunflower and soy..Location: Kasungu..Summary: This project will enable BOMFA to increase production of sunflower and soy through improved inputs and agronomic practices, and earn more income through modern sunflower processing into cooking oil and sunflower cake. The project will also support BOMFA to develop its business by undergoing trainings, developing a business plan, and applying to pre-certification from the Malawi Bureau of Standards.
Tradeline CA 2018 This is a Partner Cooperative Agreement for Malawi FY2018 - the fifth and final for Tradeline Corporation in this contract. Sector: Monitoring and Evaluation (Partner Cooperative Agreement), Tradeline serves as the Malawi country partner. This cooperative agreement will enable Tradleine to guide USADF Malawi grantees through the project design and grant implementation process.
Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) Kabibi Investments Capacity Enhancement Project Sector: Entrepreneurship.Beneficiaries: 5 (3 women); Over 500 households in Mzuzu.Description: Kabibi Investment is a sanitation products manufacturing business in Mzuzu that manufactures products such as Pedestals with flappers and without flappers, flat toilet slabs, dome slabs and provides services such as installation of toilet slabs, sensitization of sanitation products, training in sanitation and facilitating in sanitation activities with a goal enhancing hygiene and help government in minimizing deforestation and to help the elderly people, people with physical challenges and people with different ailments who have difficulties in using the toilet properly without disturbing anyone. .The grant is requested to procure manufacturing equipment like molds, raw materials, and advertising to sell the products.
Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) - Glo-Ray Designs Sustainable Fashion Project Kulukaya Sadiki, through her enterprise Glo-Ray Tailoring Studio, aims to promote ecofriendly fashion in Malawi through sustainable clothing production and community education.
Helmsley Charitable Trust (HCT) - - Mfundadzi Cooperative Livelihood Improvement Project Sector: Agriculture (Horticulture and Livestock).Beneficiaries: 628 farmers.Description: The farmers of Mfundadzi Farmers and Marketing Cooperative Society Limited will improve their capacity through trainings in aspects such as good management principles, crop production, livestock production, and climate-smart agriculture. They want to learn about nutritious foods and how to prepare them and establish irrigation demonstrations and also procure some livestock for demonstration.
Kwithu Kitchen Tomato Value Addition Project Kwithu Kitchen is an agro-processing project that will benefit 516 farmers (266 female) by providing intensive training on growing ideal tomato for freshly jarred tomatoes. The project will also provide intensive marketing and business training for the project staff to improve sales of their unique product.
Mwandama Soya Capacity Building Project Mwandama Cooperative Union is a registered farmer cooperative that is composed of 8 primary cooperatives. The farmers in the Union grow different crops including soya beans, groundnuts, pigeon peas, horticulture crops and maize among others. The Union is seeking for a financial push to improve their management capacity, increase the farmers' access to quality inputs, increase the Union's capital and improve the farmer skills in soya production.
Tayamba Soya Capacity Building Project The project funds will focus on capacity building; financial training; and farmer training to improve the management capacities of Tayambawhile empowering its members with improved skills in soya farming and providing them with access to improved soya bean seeds and other inputs through a revolving loan fund.
Feed Production and Marketing Funds used to develop a business plan, establish a borehole & revolving loan fund, and train farmers in best agronomical practices.
Strengthening Competitiveness of Nandolo Farmers Association Sector: Agriculture. Grain Processing and Export..Beneficiaries: 1,800 smallholder farmers including 1,260 women.Nandolo Farmers will produce, process and export pigeon peas as a means of helping its farmer members to increase the income and establish a profitable agribusiness enterprise.
Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) - - Nzeru Stitches Skills Transfer to Women and Girls Sector: Entrepreneurship.Beneficiaries: 40.Description: This project targets 40 young women who have failed to further their post-secondary education due to lack of school fees. Nzeru Stitches will equip them with tailoring, tie-dye, hand embroidery and fabric painting skills and teach them basic business skills.
Umodzi Cooperative Agreement FY20 This is the cooperative agreement for our Malawi partner, Umodzi Consulting. Umodzi Consulting will provide technical assistance and monitoring support to USADF grantees in Malawi.
Malawi Partner Cooperative Agreement Under this Cooperative Agreement Umodzi will serve as USADF's local technical partner in Malawi.
Helmsley Charitable Trust (HCT) Tigawe Luso Livelihood Improvement Project Sector: Agriculture (Crops and Livestock).Beneficiaries : 208 Farmers (171 Women and 37 Men) .Description: The farmers from Tigawe Luso Cooperative are seeking for funding to improve livestock and crop production as they work with patients with NCDs and their communities around Matandani Health Center.
ZAPCO Vegetable Capacity Building Funds used to train farmers & staff in food production techniques; purchase protective clothing & packaging; & purchase a backup generator.
Solar Home Systems Project Extension The project funds will be used for purchasing Azurisolar home systems and selling them affordably to households in Chuimutuarea.
South Mzimba NASFAM Capacity Building Project The project funds will be used to gain access to productive farming techniques; improved inputs and modern processing equipment . The funds also provide good governance training; financial management training; staff policy training; participatory assessment training and others'to build its organizational capacity and strengthen its business.
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Lupanda Beans Production and Marketing Expansion Project Sector: Agriculture - Beans.Beneficiaries: 168 small scale farmers, of which 91 are women.Lupanda Cooperative is a member owned cooperative that is located in Khosolo, Mzimba district. The members mainly grow beans for consumption and sale and maize for food security purposes. The cooperative has been implementing a USADF capacity building grant (EDI) and are requesting an expansion of the project. Under the EDI, the cooperative managed to increase its production from below 10 Metric Tons (MT) to 70MT by year 2. In addition, the cooperative now has basic financial and operation systems in place to better manage the cooperative and further increase production and eventually improve livelihoods.
Green Impact Off-Grid Energy Project Sector: solar, USADF will provide Green Impact working capital to sell over 1,500 solar home products to rural off-grid households in Malawi on a PAYG basis.
Helmsley Charitable Trust (HCT) - Mlindi Cooperative Livelihood Improvement Project Sector: Agriculture (livestock and Horticulture).Beneficiaries: 404 farmers.Description: The farmers from Magaleta are looking for funding to support their procurement of greenhouse, borehole drilling, irrigation kit, livestock, employment of at least 3 staff members and improving management of the cooperative.
Chuma Chilimnthaka Soya Capacity Building Project Sector: Agriculture, Soya, Groundnuts, Beans Beneficiaries: 250 Location: Bwanje, Ntcheu Chuma Chilimnthaka Smallholder Farmers' Association is an association in Ntcheu with 158 women and 92 men member farmers. The association grows a variety of crops, but mostly legumes and maize. The purpose of the organisation is to produce crops and collectively sell the crops in order to develop farmer members and improve their livelihood. USADF funds will assist the group with training, capacity building, working capital, and business planning..
Potato Production and Value Added Processing Project Potato Production and Value Added Processing Project
Fast Metal Welders Skills Development Center The project will combat unemployment and low skilled labor by providing tools necessary to train 20 youth in welding, fabrication and entrepreneurship.
NABW Micro Leasing Funds used to train officers in microfinance best practices & business management; establish credit revolving fund
Ntchisi East Coffee Expansion Project The project funds will be used to assist the cooperative in ramping up production and sales to its main buyer by investing in key infrastructure; an input revolving loan fund so farmers have access to high quality inputs.
Helmsley Charitable Trust (HCT) Chitimbe Livelihood Improvement Project Sector: Agriculture (Crops and Livestock).Beneficiaries : 304 Farmers (219 Women and 85 Men).Description: The farmers from Chitimbe Produce and Marketing Cooperative are seeking for funding to improve livestock and crop production as they work with patients with NCDs and their communities around Neno District Hospital.
Mkondezi Rice Capacity Building Project Sector: Agriculture, rice production and processing. , Beneficiaries: 121 cooperative members, of which 83 are women. , Project Description: Mkondezi Rice Producers is a registered cooperative of smallholder farmers that grow rice in the Nkhata Bay district in northern Malawi. Their main objective is to improve livelihoods of members.The cooperative has a warehouse, a milling house and 2 mills. The cooperative produces and sells its rice locally due to lack of reliable markets. The cooperative is seeking USADF assistance to build up its capacity to manage the cooperative, to accelerate production and to increase incomes.
Bvumbwe Dairy Capacity Building Funds used for generator procurement; working capital inputs acquisition & farmer training in processing & production of milk products.
Lupanda Bean Production Capacity Building Project The project funds will be used to build the cooperative s capacities in financial and operationalmanagement; as well as the farming skills and practices of members; in order to address the constraints to production. Farmers receive extension support services; and access to affordable key inputs like fertilizers; pesticides; and high quality seeds.
Scaling up nutrition in urban and semi-urban areas Sector: Agriculture Groundnuts (Self-help Grant) Beneficiaries: 420 of which 280 are women This small grant groundnuts project will help small scale farmers to earn increased income. USADF funds will help 420 people to purchase an electric roaster, ground nut peeler and grinder as well as packaging materials and additional raw materials.
South Mzimba NASFAM Sunflower Expansion Project South Mzimba Union Smallholder Farmers Association Limited (SOMU) is a union of five associations composed of 13,000 (7,266 Women and 5,734 men) active members growing different crops including sunflower, tobacco, soybean, maize and groundnuts. Out of these 13,000 members, 7, 000 are growing sunflower. The Union was formed with assistance from National Smallholder Farmers Association (NASFAM).The purpose of the organization is to improve the livelihood of its farmer members by providing agri-business and social services to its smallholder farmer members. ..With assistance from USADF, SOMU has implemented a capacity building project for 2 years (June 2015 to December 2016) and the project. Some of the project's achievements include increased production of sunflower, increased membership and improved financial and
Talimbika Sunflower Oil Expansion Project Sector: Sunflower oil.Town/City: Salima District, Malawi.Summary: This expansion grant will focus on equipping Talimbika Agro-Processing and Marketing Co-operative Society with adequate seed oil processing equipment to produce quality cooking oil, while continuing to build the organization's capacities in financial and operations management. Talimbika provides its membership with access to necessary inputs for growing sunflowers and purchases seeds from members. During this grant, Talimbika will expand and professionalize its processing facility; take its members on an exchange visit; undergo trainings in business management, modern farming, and marketing, among other topics; purchase a motorcycle; and install a solar-powered water pump.
Helmsley Charitable Trust (HCT) Matembe Cooperative Livelihood Improvement Project It is expected that after investing in the cooperative, the farmers will increase their production of both livestock and crops and therefore get more incomes from their sales. This will then lead to improved livelihoods.
Increasing Access to Clean Energy and Biofertilizers for Small and Medium Scale Farmers Aims to provide small and medium farmers with patented waste-to-energy technology to turn their waste into clean energy and biofertilizer. Through this investment, the company plans to install 2200 biogas systems in Blantyre and Thyolo Districts by 2025 and expand in all regions of the country with the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, creating job opportunities for and transforming food systems..The company will also install large biogas systems in four Milk Bulking groups to use biogas generated to run generators for Milk Cooling Tanks.
Chitsanzo Dairy Farmers Cooperative Expansion (CDFCE) The project funds are used to train farmer members on better cow-raising and milk production methods; improve the cooperative s sales and marketing; and purchase better production equipment and packaging materials.
UMODZI Malawi Partner Cooperative Agreement Cooperative Agreement for USADF Malawi Partner UMODZI Consulting Limited to carry out the 2nd option year of their cooperative agreement.
Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) - Chiza Clothing Line Chiza Clothing line is a company by a young woman who is producing cheaper protective wear to reach out to remote areas. They have supplied to over 1000 individuals and have also supplied to institutions. They are looking for assistance to purchase equipment and raw materials to produce more protective wear to reach over 10,000 people
Kanthunkhako Soya Capacity Building Project Sector: Agriculture - Soybeans, Beneficiaries: 220 Soya Farmers, including 146 women. , Kanthunkhako Cooperative is a member owned soybean growers in Mzimba district who wants to improve their livelihoods through improved soya production. The farmers have two main problems which are access to good markets and access clean seed. The farmers of Kanthunkhako want assistance to have good access to quality seeds and to build their capacity in buying and marketing the soya. USADF funds will be used for training, technical assistance, a study tour, seeds, inputs, marketing support and developing a business plan.
Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) - FarmFresh Cheese Project Sector: Agriculture (Dairy).Beneficiaries: Dairy Farmers and 1 Woman owner of the business.Description: Freshfarm is a woman owned start up business that have recognized the gap in the dairy sector. There is an opportunity of producing cheese to sell in the cities of Malawi as almost all the cheese found in the supermarkets are imported . Freshfarm plans to engage local farmers to procure milk from them and use it to produce cheese.
Coffee Processing and Marketing Funds used to acquire CPUs, construct pulpery houses, train farmers in best agronomic practices & supply revolving loan fund inputs.
Honey Production and Processing Community Project Honey Production and Processing Community Project
Rocket Tea Room Income Generation Project Rocket Tea Room Income Generation Project
Talimbika Sunflower Oil Capacity Building Project The project funds will be used to build the cooperative s capacities in financial and operationalmanagement and provide members with access to necessary inputs for increasing sunflower production; along with marketing support. Staff and board receive training in good governance; financial accounting and systems; and revolving loan fund management.
Mpepa Soy Marketing Promotion Project Sector: Soy beans..Beneficiaries: 360 smallholder farmers..Location: Chinsinga, Malawi..Description: The grant will enable Mpepa Producers and Marketing Cooperative to sustain growth by funding improved seeds and other agricultural inputs, a crop purchase fund to enable Mpepa to buy more soy beans from farmers, farming equipment, as well as production and management training to strengthen the cooperative and its members.
Hara Producers, Processors, and Marketing Cooperative The project funds will be used to improve the cooperatives governance, put in place management staff, initiate a revolving loan fund for to provide farmers with access to key inputs, train farmers in best rice farming practices, and develop business and marketing plans for future expansion.