AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICES

AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICES

"Improved Farming for a Better Living"

OUR SERVICES

Good Agricultural Practices

Modern science-based innovations for improving yields and quality in both crop and animal enterprises backed by empirical evidence

Seed Systems

Approaches to the maintenance, multiplication and delivery of desirable hereditary characters through various planting materials for the good of humanity.

Irrigation

Artificial application of water to crops in accordance with the crop water requirements at various stages of growth for optimum crop growth, development, and productivity.

Natural resources management

Conservation and utilization of natural endowment in an ecologically sustainable manner.

Agribusiness

Systematic control and use of agrarian factors of production, subsequent products and value-addition processes for augmented benefits.

Group dynamics and leadership

Concept of mobilizing farmers into groups taking cognizance of the turbulences emanating from different backgrounds and conflict resolution strategies employed to stabilize and guide the groups in order to enable them harness the benefits of group influence on knowledge and resource acquisition, marketing and bargaining power. 

PREVIOUS WORK AND PARTNERS

Agricultural Extension Services (AES) Ltd has worked on projects funded by reputable donor communities and implemented by governmental and high profile NGOs. Notable of such projects include:

PARTNERS

USAID
DFID
ACE
World Vision
CCAP
Adam Smith
GIZ
MOST
European Union
SADC
Youtube

Quality is Our Assurance

WHAT
OUR CLIENTS
SAY

GIZ

AN amazing team to work with. 

EUROPEAN UNION

When looking for an agronomist in Malawi, try AES. 

SADC

Quality delivery and on time.

IITA

AES and Office Mulekano know what they are doing.

PREVIOUS WORK

Seed Quality Expert

Participatory Seed Quality Assessment and Improvement; Identification of seed quality breakdown points and recommending appropriate corrective innovation systems; Seed Trade Association of Malawi (STAM); UKAID/DFID-funded ‘Malawi Oilseeds Sector Transformation (MOST)’ project; Adam Smith International (ASI); October 2015 – September 2016.

Seed Systems and Innovation Dissemination Consultant

Making Soybean Seed of Improved Varieties Available to Farming Communities in Malawi; CGIAR consortium – International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA); USAID-funded ‘Malawi Improved Seed Systems and Technologies (MISST)’ project; January 2014 – September 2015.

Seed Systems Specialist

Making New Tikolore Soybean Seed Available to Smallholder Farmers in Malawi; Creating demand for, producing and disseminating seed of the New Tikolore soybean variety; International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA); USAID-funded ‘Seed Systems’ project; July 2013 - December 2014.

Web Development

Consulting firm: Strengthening Cassava Value Chain in Mulanje and Thyolo

Training of Trainers (ToT) in good agricultural practices (GAP) for cassava tuber and seed for farmer associations; GIZ-funded ‘Root and Tuber Crops for improving Nutrition’ project; November-December, 2018.

Capacity Building Consultant

Significance of Knowledge in Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) in Supporting Project Implementation; Development of training materials and training of project managers; World Vision Malawi; Vision Fund ‘Agricultural Financing’ project; December, 2018.

Facilitator: Training of Trainers (ToT)

For widespread impact; Development of training materials and training of farmer associations; Farmer Business School (FBS); GIZ-funded ‘Farmer Capacity Building’ project; Aug-Nov, 2017.

Piggery Consultant

Sourcing piglets of appropriate breed, pig husbandry, breeding and marketing of pig and pig products, Naming’azi Agricultural Development Project, CCAP, Blantyre Synod, Zomba, 2011-2013.

Agricultural Extension Specialist

Accelerating Adoption of Agronomic innovations; Integrated Smallholder Commercial Farming Systems Outreach project; Clinton Development Initiative (CDI); 3 October – 30 November 2016.

Project Agronomist

Development of Alternative Financing Mechanism for Improved Access to and Use of Farm Inputs for Sunflower, Soybean and Groundnut Production; UKAID/DFID-funded ‘Malawi Oilseeds Sector Transformation (MOST)’ project; implemented in partnership with; Agricultural Commodity Exchange (ACE) for Africa; Adam Smith International (ASI); September 2016 – July 2017.

Field Research and Monitoring Expert

Participatory Improvement of Input and Service Provision in Oilseed Value Chains (soybeans, groundnuts and sunflower): Promoting use of adequate products, services and market linkages; A GIZ-funded ‘Nyonga Pack’ project in support of Farmers Organization Ltd. innovations; December, 2016 – August, 2017.

Agriculture Extension Expert

Increasing Malawi’s Regional Trade and Export Earnings Through Participatory Extension of Yield-Increasing Innovations in Soybeans, Groundnuts and Sunflower; EU/SADC-funded ‘Trade Related Facility Project’; implemented by the Ministry of Industry Trade and Tourism, Malawi; December – September 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 seasons.

Value chain Agronomist:

Strengthening Malawi’s Oilseed Value Chains (soybeans, groundnuts and sunflower) through the Private Sector on-farm demonstrations as platforms for disseminating innovations in good agricultural practices (GAP) of the oilseed crops; GIZ-funded project; implemented by Technoserve; 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020.

Group dynamics expert

Farmers’ Club Leadership and mind-set change to influence productivity; Titukulane Pig Farmers’ Club (from Balaka); Tambalale Culture Centre, Area 44B, Lilongwe; 9-11 March 2023.

Agronomist

Cassava production for value addition; facilitator in good agricultural practices (GAP) for cassava production and processing and co-facilitator in baking bread from cassava flour; joint venture with Farmers’ Voice Africa (FAVOA); Chinsinsi Farmers’ Club (from Mchinji); Tambalale Culture Centre, Area 44B, Lilongwe; 27-29 February, 2024.

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