Strengthening Market-led Digital Agriculture Platforms in Malawi
Searching for markets required money, physical stamina and a lot of time travelling. We used to leave this for men,” Monica Rashid, Msambafumu Network, Lisasadzi Extension Planning Area (EPA), Kasungu.
Monica is a smallholder farmer in Kasungu district. She faces challenges in accessing produce markets, extension services, and market information like many other farmers living in remote areas that are far from thriving trading centres.
In this context, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the Government of Malawi, through the Ministry of Agriculture’s Department of Agriculture Extension Services (DAES), have provided 78 smartphones to smallholder farmers like Monica, to enhance market-led digital extension services. The in...