Our Platforms
AICC Africa facilitates and coordinates multi-stakeholder platforms that bring together government, private sector, farmers, and civil society to drive systemic change across Malawi's key agricultural and governance value chains.
All Platforms
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01Cotton Platform — Cotton Development Trust (CDT)
Registered as the Cotton Development Trust, comprising all players in the cotton value chain. Formed in 2008 with NORAD support. AICC Africa serves as Secretariat, facilitating initiatives from strategic planning to seed supply, credit access, and policy advocacy.
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02Legumes Platform
Promoting sustainable legume production, processing, value addition and marketing. Emerged from stakeholder consultations facilitated by Irish Aid and AICC. Since 2011, AICC through MAP has coordinated stakeholders to harness opportunities and overcome challenges in the legumes sector.
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03Rice Platform
Advancing and promoting development of a competitive rice value chain in Malawi through farmer organisation, capacity building, production improvement, processing, value addition, marketing, ICT, finance, and policy advocacy.
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04Integrity Platform (IP)
Working with individuals and institutions at all levels to promote integrity through evidence-based advocacy and citizen empowerment. Focuses on research, advocacy, and civic empowerment to increase awareness about corruption and enhance anti-corruption efforts.
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05Malawi Round Table for Sustainable Beef (MRSB)
A multi-stakeholder platform established to promote sustainable production of quality beef for domestic and international markets. Structured with a Board of Trustees and Technical Working Groups covering Production, Processing, Marketing, Policy & Regulation, and Consumption.
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06Sesame Platform
A collaborative initiative emerging from the 2023 National Stakeholders Workshop, designed to revitalise Malawi's sesame value chain. Transforms sesame from a neglected crop into a driver of agricultural commercialisation through certified seed access, structured markets, and policy reform.
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07Young Innovative Farmer (YIF) Platform
Empowering the next generation of agricultural leaders with knowledge, tools, and networks. Combines traditional wisdom with cutting-edge techniques to foster creativity, resilience, and sustainability — nurturing young farmers as drivers of agricultural transformation.
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08Oil Seed Platform
Coordinating stakeholders across Malawi's oil seed value chain — including sunflower, soybean, groundnuts, and sesame — to promote sustainable production, processing, value addition, and market development for smallholder oil seed farmers.
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Whether you are from the private sector, government, civil society, or a development organisation — our platforms are open for collaboration.
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