Platform Overview
The Malawi Round Table for Sustainable Beef (MRSB) is a multi-stakeholder platform established to promote the sustainable production of quality beef for domestic and international markets. Its broader aim is to transform Malawi's beef value chain into a commercial and competitive industry through leadership, innovation, and coordinated stakeholder engagement.
Background
The platform emerged from a series of stakeholder consultations responding to persistent sector challenges, including:
- Low beef production and productivity across the value chain
- Weak stakeholder coordination across value chain stages
- Limited agricultural research and technology dissemination
- Weak policy, regulatory, and operational frameworks governing the sector
- Low value addition and poor market access for beef producers
Platform Structure
MRSB is constituted with a Board of Trustees (Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, Treasurer, Secretariat, and committee members) and Technical Working Groups (TWGs) aligned to value chain stages:
- Production TWG — improving cattle rearing, genetics, and feed systems
- Processing & Value Addition TWG — upgrading abattoirs, processing, and packaging
- Marketing TWG — developing domestic and export market linkages
- Policy & Regulation TWG — advocating for a supportive regulatory environment
- Consumption TWG — promoting domestic demand for quality Malawian beef
Platform Purpose
The MRSB platform creates a forum for shared learning, problem-solving, and collective action by coordinating stakeholders across the beef value chain and reducing duplication of interventions. It brings together livestock farmers, processors, traders, retailers, researchers, government agencies, and development partners to collectively drive transformation of Malawi's beef sector.