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Malawi: Towards commercial inclusion in poultry & aquaculture value chains
“We believe that there are a great many more opportunities for small-scale farmers to be more actively involved in aquaculture and poultry value chains,”…
Sustainable returns come from inclusive value chains – CASA briefing states
Investors in Africa can achieve sustainable returns from inclusive supply chains in intraregional agricultural trade, states a briefing, published today. The briefing…
CASA partners with AgDevCo to encourage agribusinesses to use agri-tech to access small-scale producers
AgDevCo’s upcoming online knowledge sharing event Navigating the agri-tech landscape will set out the case for agribusiness to invest in communication technologies…
How can we change investor thinking and behaviour on agribusinesses with smallholder supply chains?
Blog: CASA associate Jon Burns from the Springfield Centre explores how risks associated with investment in agriculture can be reduced whilst acknowledging the…
Mutual success and growth assured for fish farm and smallholder farmers in northern Malawi as partnership is saved from derailment
The three-wheeled vehicle was repurposed to enable deliveries of fish to areas outside the central market. As sales dropped in a central…
Stronger, Greener and Fairer Recovery: Beyond the Deal
In the CASA programme’s second webinar of the Agri-Business Breakthrough Series entitled “Stronger, Greener and Fairer Recovery: Beyond the Deal” we welcomed three thought-provoking…
CASA partner wins funding grant
We are pleased to announce that one of CASAs implementing partners, Amazon Poultry, have won a grant from the Malawi Innovation and Challenge Fund for…
A Stronger, Greener and Fairer Recovery: The Investment Response Takeaways
CASA’s first webinar of the Agri-Business Breakthrough Series focused on ‘Stronger, Greener and Fairer Recovery: The Investment Response’. It included the following panel members:…
What is the evidence for the development impact of concessional finance to agri-business?
Concessional finance has become an increasingly important tool in enterprise development over the last decade, and there has been a huge amount…
Start-ups ring the changes in farming phone-tech
Demand for phone-based agricultural services has shot up almost 60 per cent across Asia and Africa this year, but many services struggle…