PROJECT FOCUS AREAS
1. Scaling up Business Incubation and Commercialization
The Centre is scaling up incubation and commercialization for partners in alternative (non-tobacco) value chains through coaching and mentoring, while supporting business acceleration .
2. Increasing Market Access
Through its science, technology and innovation work stream, the CAT uses smart farms, agri-clinics, and remote agri-clinics to help smallholder farmers learn about and adopt diverse technologies.
3. Boosting Incomes
By helping smallholder farmers away from tobacco, the CAT is supporting them as they diversify their businesses to boost incomes.
COUNTRY CONTEXT
Malawi
Malawi faces high inputs cost, low absorption of agricultural technologies by smallholder farmers, and compounding climate-related challenges – including drought, flooding, cyclones, degraded soil fertility, and emergent crop and livestock pests and diseases. The CAT uses climate-smart agriculture approaches to help Malawian smallholder farmers address these challenges.