Farmers World Ltd services the needs of small-holder farmers with a range of farming inputs, through 75 stores across central and northern Malawi.Fifteen years ago, the chains’ core business was the importation and distribution of fertilizers, which has since evolved to include a more complete farming input range as well as basic commodities, hardware, and Malawi’s main mode of transport – the bicycle.

This network of stores also acts as a distribution network for the products in the Meridian stable, including Superfert Fertilizer, Demeter Seed, Power Flour (maize meal), as well as Thanzi and Cristal salt (developed by Transalt in Malawi).

Farmers World continues to develop its rural distribution network, offering a convenient and competitively priced shopping experience to rural communities. The following value-added services are also available through the Farmer’s World network today:

• The Makwacha mini-ATM cash withdrawal facility, which essentially introduced debit card technology into the rural areas of Malawi making cash accessible to people in 38 rural locations across Malawi.
• Agricultural extension services through our Farm Services Unit, providing small-holder farmers with technical and practical farming and input advice to ensure the highest possible yields and a return on Zachangu remote purchasing and delivery services, whereby customers have the option to make a payment for their chosen products in the store closest to them and then collection can occur at any one of the 38 Agora shops most convenient to the farmer.

In addition to our retail outlets, Farmers World supplies inputs on a larger scale to the Malawi Government, tobacco processors and other organizations.Having a depot in just about every corner of Malawi (between our Farmers World and Agora stores) means that we are able to service broad scale contracts with ease.

The group is heavily invested in corporate responsibility initiatives in the local communities and has developed to become an integral part of the Malawian farming landscape.