Established in 2012 and operating in Lilongwe with 10-20 employees, Amazon Poultry produces and supplies broiler chickens. Amazon is owned by Dr Kannan Sengottaiyan and Dr Suba Subramanian, who are Chairperson and Managing Director, respectively. Dr Sengottaiyan holds a BS in Veterinary Science and a Postgraduate Diploma in Feed Manufacturing Technology from India. He is a registered veterinary practitioner in Malawi with 20 years of industry experience. His main expertise is in poultry breeding, feed mill technology and operations. Dr Suba Subramanian holds a PhD in Poultry Science from India with more than 20 years of poultry industry experience. She is a registered veterinary practitioner in Malawi, with extensive expertise and experience in nutrition, disease diagnosis, and feed laboratory analysis and operations.

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Strengthening Market Linkages for a Centre for Smallholder Poultry Production

The project demonstrated the viability of a poultry out-grower contract model.

This 24-month project (July 2020 – June 2022) supported Amazon in accessing external finance for business expansion (hatchery and processing line) to increase its input supply and offtaking capacity for broiler chickens through a smallholder out-grower scheme. With CASA’s support, Amazon secured a third party commercial loan of £200,000 from FDH Bank as bridging finance for acquisition of a feed mill and incubators. This expanded feed milling capacity from 250 to 560 MT/month and breeding capacity from 10,500 to 35,000 day-old chicks per week. CASA had supported Amazon to acquire £220,000 from the Malawi Innovation Challenge Fund (MICF), which it used to derisk the loan it acquired from FDH bank. Amazon now operates an out-grower scheme with over 1,000 smallholder farmers. At a total cost of £85,022, CASA contributed £56,990 through technical assistance and a grant.

Updated: December 2024