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The National Smallholder Farmers’ Association of Malawi manages both farms and agricultural processing. At their processing plant at the Kanengo Industrial Site, rice and groundnuts are bagged for export.

The National Smallholder Farmers’ Association of Malawi manages both farms and agricultural processing. At their processing plant at the Kanengo Industrial Site, rice and groundnuts are bagged for export. Image: Ollivier Girard/EIF.

Sosten Gwengwe
MP, Minister of Trade, Government of Malawi
Ratnakar Adhikari
Executive Director, Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF)
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