Community Development

We deliver community-led projects that address local priorities, creating stakeholder ownership, resilient livelihoods, and lasting sustainability

Infrastructure

School and police buildings, culverts and drainage

Education

Supporting schools, and training farmers

Clean Water

Community handpumps, storage, and infractructure

Livelihoods

Bamboo furniture, sustainable charcoal,

Key Initiatives

Infrastructure

Community buildings, irrigation, drainage and culverts

Education

Supporting schools & teachers, training farmers & extension workers

Clean Water

Community pumps and boreholes, water storage and infrastructure

Livelihoods

Better farming, sustainable charcoal, bamboo furniture, & vocational skills

Community-led
Development

Agricane's community projects are identified by community committees or farmer cooperatives. We offer our partners matched funding opportunities, as well as full engineering design and implementation services.

25+

Community Projects

$300k

Annual Funding

16

Years of development

20K

Households Supported

Community Initiatives

Community-owned organisations delivering lasting impact across the Lower Shire Valley

Kaombe Community Development Trust

Established in 2009 by Agricane Malawi and Illovo Sugar Malawi, the Kaombe Community Development Trust leases 335 hectares of sugarcane and reinvests the income into community-led projects, including clean water, roads, schools, healthcare, and vocational training.

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Professional high-perfoamnce pumps for sugarcane ranch

Phata Outgrowers Cooperative

Formed in 2011, the Phata Cane Growers cooperative has grown to more than 700 members who, with Agricane’s irrigation expertise and matched funding from global partners, transformed former cotton and sorghum land into over 618 ha of profitable sugarcane .

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Kasinthula Cane Growers

Kasinthula Cane Growers Ltd, in Malawi’s drought-prone Shire Valley, partnered with Agricane to help communities convert unproductive land into over 1,200 ha of sugarcane production, supplying a local mill and significantly increasing incomes.

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