CHC was formed to fill a gap in Zambia’s agricultural sector: reliable storage and handling facilities and credible brokerage services for bulk commodities. From blue chip companies to relief agencies, CHC provides storage, handling and shipping services, sourcing over 40,000 metric tonnes of maize, sunflower, soya bean, sorghum and cassava from its six buying depots across the country.

The Gulu Agricultural Development Company (GADC), an agro-processor, has been working with smallholder farmers in northern Uganda since 2009 to revitalize the region’s cotton industry, diversify crop production, and provide access to modern agricultural inputs, new markets, and training. GADC purchases cotton, sesame, sunflower, chilies, and maize directly from farmers, processes the crops locally, and then sells them to local and international markets.

Moz-Agri is a livestock and arable farm in the Báruè District of central Mozambique that processes goat meat and grows sugar beans and maize under irrigation. Moz-Agri’s success is tied directly to the success of local smallholder farmers, who supply 98% of the goats it processes in its abattoir. With strong demand for goat meat in the local market and high-quality, high-yielding sugar beans and maize crops, Moz-Agri has significant potential and is committed to developing long-term working relationships with smallholder farmers.

Rungwe Avocado Company (RAC) is a grower and exporter that has led the development of the avocado industry in Rungwe since its founding in 2009.

Société Sénégalaise des Filières Alimentaires (SFA) is a rice processing company in northern Senegal that sources paddy rice from 1,500 smallholder farmers in the Senegal River valley.

Since 2007, Tropha Estates has been growing, processing and selling macadamias, chillies and paprika on its two hub farms in northern Malawi, and sourcing produce from over 4,000 smallholder farmers for export.

Wakulima Tea Company (WTC) grows, processes, and sells tea for local and export markets, procuring 85% of its green leaf tea from 12,000 members of a smallholder outgrowers association (RTGSA).