{"id":1286,"date":"2013-10-18T11:12:24","date_gmt":"2013-10-18T10:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/new\/uk\/news\/malawi-mango\/"},"modified":"2016-12-21T16:23:35","modified_gmt":"2016-12-21T16:23:35","slug":"malawi-mango","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/uk\/malawi-mango\/","title":{"rendered":"Malawi Mango"},"content":{"rendered":"
Up to 6,000 smallholder farmers are set to supply mango to a new processing plant being built on the shores of Lake Malawi, in an exciting new public-private partnership for Self Help Africa.<\/p>\n
The initiative, which sees Self Help Africa recruiting, training and supporting the organisational development of smallholder out-growers across Malawi’s Central Region, is projected to earn each farmer up to $600 per annum from the sale of fruit.<\/p>\n
The company will source fruit from its own commercial farms, but has also engaged with Self Help Africa to develop an out-grower supply chain to boost production and enable local small-scale farmers to access this lucrative new market.<\/p>\n
To date, close to 4,500 farmers who have mango groves on their small-farms have been identified and registered, and have been organised into producer groups to supply to Malawi Mangoes Ltd.<\/p>\n
As a part of the scheme more than 100,000 improved variety mango trees will be planted on small farms, while a further 150,000 improved variety mango cuttings will be grafted onto existing low-yielding mango trees on these farms.<\/p>\n
The project, which was started in 2012, will also support leadership training, organisational development of local farmer groups, improve the productivity of mango on farms, and promote a range of improved farming practices, including support for small-scale drip irrigation.<\/p>\n
Self Help Africa’s Malawi Country Director, Amos Zaindi, said that the scheme has huge potential, and provides a valuable example of how Self Help Africa can help smallholder farmers improve productivity and access a lucrative international market for their produce.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Up to 6,000 smallholder farmers are set to supply mango to a new processing plant being built on the shores of Lake Malawi, in an exciting new public-private partnership for Self Help Africa. The initiative, which sees Self Help Africa recruiting, training and supporting the organisational development of smallholder out-growers across Malawi’s Central Region, is projected to earn each farmer up to $600 per annum from the sale of fruit.<\/p>\n Read More<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1285,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[637],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n