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Ready to Strengthen your Enterprise Food Safety Systems?

Food safety systems aren’t just about compliance — they are a business advantage. They help you sell to bigger buyers like supermarkets, hotels, and exporters by building trust, reducing waste, and improving efficiency.

Who This Is For

IMAGRI works directly with agri-food enterprises in Malawi, who are producing for commercial markets. The focus is on improving food safety practices and strengthening day-to-day operations to reach larger formal buyers such as retailers, distributors, and export markets. If you are ready to move beyond local sales and grow with confidence, IMAGRI can help.

IMAGRI works with a limited number of agri-food enterprises through a structured, personalised pathway designed to support each enterprise in achieving its established objective at the start of this journey. The focus is on practical changes that businesses can apply in their facilities, processes, and management systems to strengthen food safety systems and prepare businesses for higher-value markets.

We assess your current food safety and operational systems against market and regulatory requirements, and define a clear, practical improvement roadmap.

IMAGRI provides one-to-one technical support as your team implements priority improvements — helping resolve real operational constraints as they arise.

Targeted training and coaching strengthen internal skills so systems are understood, maintained, and continuously improved by your team.

The pathway compromises several supports:

System diagnosis & prioritisation

Guided system implementation

Capability embedding

What this enables for your business

Reduced food safety and operational risk
Stronger internal control and traceability
Improved credibility with buyers and auditors
Readiness for certification and formal markets

Your Commitment

Are you ready to Strengthen your Enterprise Food Safety Systems?

We are looking for 20 ambitious companies that don’t just want to "pass an audit" but want to set the new standard for food safety in Malawi.

These Frontrunners recognise that world-class systems are a competitive advantage that opens doors to national supermarkets, the hospitality sector, and international export.

Target Profile

We work with agri-processing businesses across various sectors. Ideal participants are supplying — or preparing to supply — formal markets including supermarkets, hotels, and export channels.

Your business should be positioned for growth, with plans to scale within the next 24 months, and be willing to co-invest in the improvements needed to strengthen food safety systems and market readiness.

Apply now

If your business is interested in improving food safety and strengthening how it operates, we invite you to apply before 28 February 2026

Our expectations of you are:

To embed food safety practices within your business
To take part in training and coaching sessions
To act on agreed recommendations
To invest in your own time and resources where needed

IMAGRI does not provide direct funding to businesses. The support focuses on practical guidance, training, and coaching to help businesses make lasting improvements.