Greenchoice Ventures Ltd

Manufacturing organic fertiliser from organic waste in rural Malawi

2019 SEED Africa Award Sustainable Agriculture Mzuzu, Malawi

Our enterprise is an innovative circular economy business that recycles farm wastes into organic fertiliser that is affordable, restores soil fertility, increases crop yields and tolerance to dry spells and repels soil borne pests. Greenchoice Ventures

Our organic fertiliser has a potential for wider application as it can be used by farmers country wide and other countries in Africa. Greenchoice Ventures

Greenchoice Ventures Ltd is committed to providing nutrient rich, eco -friendly, safe and affordable organic fertiliser as alternative solution to chemical fertilisers which is expensive and acidifies soils leading to declining crops yields in long-term. Greenchoice Ventures

Greenchoice Ventures Ltd collects organic wastes from smallholder farmers and households for recycling via composting into high quality organic fertiliser. It then sells the nutrient-rich, eco-friendly, safe and affordable organic fertiliser back to smallholder farmers as an alternative to chemical and environmentally-harmful fertilisers which acidify soils in the long-term.

The enterprise partners with organic wastes suppliers, local NGOs, and intends to work with government field extension officers to enhance the opportunity for smallholder farmers to practice sustainable, eco-friendly agriculture.

Eco-Inclusive Impacts

Greenchoice Ventures Ltd has employed three people, collected and recycled over 3 tonnes of organic waste from over 67 local farms and households.

Providing employment for three youth
Creating market access for organic waste collection for over 67 local smallholder farmers and households

Collecting over three tonnes of organic wastes from local farms and households
Selling over 68 bags of organic fertiliser to smallholder farmers

Increasing harvest turnovers for 17 smallholder farmers of which 13 are female while reducing fertiliser costs by 35% on average
Enabling over 67 farmers and local households to generate an average of 13.8 US dollars per month from farm wastes

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Partners

This enterprise is supported through its partnerships with various stakeholders, ranging from national and international organisations, investors, research institutes, suppliers, governmental bodies, NGOs, other social and environmental enterprises and more.

Agricentre is a marketing agency that provides information, awareness-raising and sensitisation on the benefits of organic fertiliser to smallholder farmers.

Umoza Sunflower Cooperative supplies Green Ventures with sunflower cake, a nutrient-rich leftover from sunflower oil extraction for organic fertiliser production.

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