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 2015 is the year which still runs in the mind of one savior Nkhonjera. It is a year which she swears it will never go past her memory.

It was in early April soon after harvesting that she came across AICC’s field officer through Agricultural Extension Office. At this time, AICC was talking to people about the goodness of coming together, form a cooperative and adopt Good Agricultural Practices. To her, this seemed as something that would never materialize because a lot of people that were at the gathering had lost their trust in farming. They cited poor markets, increase in seed prices and unfavorable climatic conditions as some of the reasons that made them lose hope in farming.

African Institute of Corporate Citizenship on Friday, February 1, 2019, embarked on a tree planting exercise at Malambalala Primary School, T A.  Kachindamoto in Dedza. During the exercise, over 1000 trees seedlings were planted at the school.  

Among the dignitaries  that were in attendance include the Acting Director of Forestry Mr. Mankhambera who was also the guest of honour, the District Commissioner, Mr. Matewere, The District Education Manager, Dr. Ngaiyaye the district forestry department, the Member of Parliament for the area Ms. Juliana Lunguzi, Malambalala Primary School teachers and learners, Chiefs and community members in the area. 

Speaking at the tree planting ceremony, the CEO of AICC, Dr. Felix Lombe said that considering the problems the school is facing such as the blowing off of the roof of school one of the school blocks, AICC though it wise to come up with such initiative of planting trees surrounding the school.   In his remarks, he said that tree planting in the area is crucial in the sense that it will help to serve rice farmers with adequate water for their schemes in the long term.  He further urged the community to take care of the trees planted.  

Sustainable Agribusiness Initiative is an agri-business stakeholder platform aimed at fostering engagement in the development of the agricultural sector and facilitating the development of public private partnerships contextually within the agricultural value chain. SABI provides a platform where various stakeholders in the agricultural sector engage and partner to demonstrate on sustainable and profitable agricultural practices. Up-scaling Conservation Agriculture through SABI training farms is one of the pillars of in SABI. As such, AICC facilitated the mounting of demonstration plots by private sector players to show case various agriculture technologies. Central to this is the promotion of conservation farming as a conduit to sustainable production of commodities being grown. These demonstration plots provide a further opportunity for stakeholders to partner in address and promote relevant technologies within various agriculture value chains.