Margret Kawalewale

Malawi

Margret Kawalewale is the Director at Agro-Input Suppliers Limited (AISL). Her company has been in operation since the year 2000.

She is a scientist that studied forestry and has a Bachelor of Science.

At AISL, they supply Inputs for use in farming activities these include Legume seeds; Bio-fert products like NITROFIX inoculant; Aflasafe for aflatoxin control in maize and peanuts; Fertiliser; and hermetic storage bags for post-harvest management. They import some inputs for distribution and distribute other inputs like inoculants.

This business was started with the intention of increasing farmer access to improved technologies that will impact on productivity. Their motto is to be a productivity enhancing technology supplier to farmers. Their key crops are legumes (Soybean; beans; and groundnut). These are crops largely grown by women farmers.

She is good at community mobilisation and public speaking and has groups of women who grow soy and groundnuts and the proceeds and bought by her company.

Currently she is vigorously exploring export markets for soy and groundnuts and a way of processing soy and groundnuts to bring new products.

 

Business description

Agro-Inputs Suppliers Ltd is a supplier of inputs for use in farming activities such as legume seeds, bio-fert products like NITROFIX inoculant, Aflasafe for aflatoxin control in maize and peanuts, fertiliser, and hermetic storage bags for post-harvest management.