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We finally did it at the largest Afro World Agri Food conference in Dar es salaam. As one of the speakers we spoke about the ⁦@ClintonFdn⁩ work of strengthening Community Managed Seed Supply System in Iringa where farmers multiply and supply quality seeds for fellow farmers

Baseline Data Collection in T/A Njombwa in Kasungu District. One of the clusters expected to be upgraded into a cooperative and soon joining @CoopDikirani @ClintonFdn

Farmers are credit worth as demonstarted by one of the inkind loan beneficiaries in Iringa. A hub farmer Wema Msambusi took the trouble to come to ⁦@ClintonFdn⁩ -CDI offices in Iringa to repay the in kind loan which included fertlizer and seeds for farming PVA maize.

Attending the Malawi Agribusiness Investment Meeting organized by ⁦@CasaProgramme⁩ aiming at addressing the key challenges and bottlenecks faced for investing in climate positive agriculture in Malawi

Happy #Pride! 🏳️‍🌈

Day 1 of 5 done! ⁦⁦@OpportunityIntl⁩ a partner of ⁦@ClintonFdn⁩ in #Malawi is training Cooperative Support Agents who will be attached to 44 primary coops under ⁦@CoopDikirani⁩ to help boost the primary coops’ business.

A great meeting we had last week with ⁦@OpportunityIntl⁩ CEO and their board on what our partnership means and how we can continue working together to improve farmers’ livelihood ⁦@ClintonFdn⁩ #AgriFinance #BusinessGroups #Cooperatives

ADC meeting today in Nkhotakota briefing the committee about the⁦⁩ #CBFO project that ⁦@ClintonFdn⁩ is implementing in the district with support from ⁦@Farmsemalawi⁩ to increase credit and saving options for SHF groups #EnhancingCBFOs #PartnershipWorks #SHFs1st

Conducted Area Development Committee (ADC) meetings today in two T/As @ClintonFdn briefing the committee on the Community Based Financial Organisations (CBFOs) project that CDI is implementing with support from @FARMSE in Balaka #Malawi

@CoopDikirani a cooperative union partnered with @ClintonFdn have exported 1200 metric tons of soyabeans to @AIFRwanda, a partner that has consistently bought from farming communities in Malawi at competitive prices.

Looking forward to start implementing the #CBFO project with @Farmsemalawi @ClintonFdn this month! #ImprovingAccesstoCredit #ImprovingSavingOptions #ImprovingRuralLivelihoods

@east_umuhinzico in partnership with @ClintonFdn hosted 3 days business plan writing training for committee members. @east_umuhinzico is committed to creating an effective strategy for the growth of community agribusiness through income diversification #agriculteurs #businessplan

Meet the soybean team ⁦@ClintonFdn⁩ determined to strenthening Quality Declared Seed (QDS) system for increased access, Availability and Affordability of farmer certified seed at local level with support from the Tanzania Official Seed Certifying Agency (TOSCI).

@east_umuhinzico is celebrating being an official seed multiplier after receiving a certificate from @InspectorateRw ready to venture into seed multiplication and agri-business early this season B,2023. We are grateful for the support and advice from @ClintonFdn

Mihambo Shija CDI Tanzania in Iringa ⁦@ClintonFdn⁩ ⁦@IringaLtd⁩ ⁦@ShambaFmRadio⁩ presents the farmer led initiative ⁦@cab_community⁩ managed seed supply, making it easy for Iringa co-op farmers access high yielding soybean seeds.

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Cleened soybeans ready for aggregation and collective selling through cooperatives, managed by Iringa Farmers' Cooperative Unioni in Tanzania. With support from ⁦@ClintonFdn⁩ cooperatives learn how farmers can increase value of sales collectively.

@CoopDikirani @east_umuhinzico @IringaLtd @cab_community