- Impact Overview
- Stories & Case Studies
- Lessons Learned
Success Story · 2011
Sara Maunda gets four times the price for her groundnuts
Sara had always sold to traders who came to her farm, assuming she was being paid market prices. Price information on her phone showed otherwise.
Sara Maunda, Lilongwe District
Success Story · 2011
The first warehouse receipt issued in Malawi
A small trader deposited 14.5MT of maize, immediately asked for finance against it, and turned that into a 40MT aggregation and an 18% profit.
Lawrence Chikhasu, Malawi
Case Study · 2020
The Chithumba model: access to inputs, repaid in commodity
An access-to-input finance model where farmers repay in kind by depositing commodity at a certified warehouse — with repayment rates above 85% for soya.
Malawi
Case Study · 2019
Does market price information change what farmers get paid?
A controlled study across four districts testing whether weekly maize and soya prices changed how and at what price farmers sold.
Mchinji, Ntchisi, Dowa and Kasungu