About The Centre for Agricultural Transformation (CAT)
“The CAT is made possible by a five-year (2019-2024) grant from the Global Action to End Smoking through its affiliate the Agricultural Transformation Initiative (ATI), which aims to diversify tobacco-dependent economies.”
The CAT is more than just a physical location where farmers can come to witness new innovations in agriculture. CAT leverages the latest science and technology, from a variety of improved agricultural technologies and innovations for smallholder farmers to data science for informed decision making. Those technologies are then demonstrated to smallholder farmers at the CAT Smart Farms, and made available to farmers through private sector partnerships, business incubation, and enterprise development. CAT will transform the agricultural sector in Malawi, away from tobacco and to a more inclusive agricultural system.
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OUR GOAL
The goal of the CAT is to transform Malawian agriculture systems and the lives of Malawian smallholder tobacco farmers by giving them access to inclusive innovation in agricultural science and technology through a range of commercialization channels.
IMPACT TO DATE
61,365
Total number of farmers (direct and indirect) who have applied improved innovations in alternative value chains
3,798
Total hectarage producing alternative value chains
38%
Average increase in yield per farmer
79%
Increase in revenue per farmer
83%
Adoption rate of new innovations
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