TRADE Programme participated in this year's National Agriculture Fair (NAF) that has been organized under the theme: Driving Towards Export Oriented Agriculture Through Commercialization and Innovation.

TRADE's participation at the fair accorded it and its beneficiaries a rare opportunity to interact with various stakeholders in Malawi's Agri-Food Systems to establish strategic business partnerships that will be mutually beneficial. Their Excellencies Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, President of the Republic of Malawi, and Dr. Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, President of the Republic of Mozambique, attended the National Agriculture Fair, where they appreciated various commodities being promoted by TRADE programme. Below are some pictures that will take you through TRADE's pavilion.

Transforming Agriculture through Diversification and Entrepreneurship (TRADE) Programme hosted the PROCASUR Corporation and the SPARK consortium in the recent Learning Route on Lessons Learned and Successful Practices for a Disability-Inclusive and Sustainable Rural Transformation. The learning route took place in Malawi from June 17 to 22, 2024 in TRADE programme sites located in Thyolo and Blantyre Districts. The Learning Route was a strategic opportunity that had to equip TRADE Programme Officers and Government decision-makers
with the practical knowledge, tools and motivation to promote and scale-up disability-inclusive programming in the TRADE Programme sites in which inclusive interventions are being implemented. TRADE programme considered the Learning Route as a training and capacity-building approach based on a peer-to-peer learning methodology and was very effective for scaling-up good practices, innovative tools and approaches that will improve the lives of vulnerable people living working with TRADE programme. The Learning route provided participants with first-hand exposure to the impressive results achieved by SPARK in Malawi, as well as through the peer exchange with counterparts from other SPARK countries. The "seeing is believing" approach inspired participants to replicate and adapt successful approaches for integrating disability inclusion into rural development initiatives. below are some pictures captured during the learning route.