Center for Agricultural Transformation (CAT)

Venture37 and our partners are working to establish the CAT as a Center of Excellence for diversification in Malawi. This is done through opening, strengthening and expanding ready markets that are an alternative to tobacco markets. We focus on value addition businesses that source raw materials from SHFs and partner with identified businesses and provide seed capitol and targeted technical assistance to both the SME and their allied farmers. We also help to expedite the adoption of new and proven technologies through trials and comparison plots at the CAT SmartFarm where we bring together industry and farmers to demonstrate GAP and new technologies to support adoption. Further, to help businesses or farmers answer tough questions, we leverage our university consortium to conduct practical assessments and research and get insights into the hands of farmers: e.g., the CAT is a bridge between academia and the farmers we serve. Finally, we are investing into “data solutions” in partnership with our consortium members and now offer remote sensing and market investment tools that our partners can utilize for critical planting, market and investment decisions.