Mchinji Area Smallholder Farmers’ Association

The National Smallholder Farmers' Association of Malawi (NASFAM) is the largest smallholder-owned membership organisation in Malawi. Established in 1995 to improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers, NASFAM has a direct membership of over 130,000 farmers and indirectly reaches more than 300,000 smallholder farmers across the country. NASFAM currently operates 12 Innovation and Productivity Centres (IPCs) strategically located in Mulanje, Zomba, Namwera, Balaka, Lilongwe, Mchinji, Ntchisi, Nkhotakota, Kasungu, Mzimba, Rumphi and Karonga, serving 22 of Malawi’s 28 districts. NASFAM members participate in diverse agricultural value chains, including Rice (long grain white and brown rice), maize, soya, groundnuts, beans, cowpeas, pigeon peas, sunflower, sorghum, chilli, and more. All NASFAM products are sourced directly from our farmers and grown using organic practices. In addition to producing high-quality raw commodities, NASFAM processes these crops into nutritious, value-added consumer foods. Quality is the foundation of everything we do, guided by fair trade principles that ensure transparency, sustainability, and equitable benefits throughout the value chain. NASFAM is founded on collective action and is democratically governed by its members.