Over the last five years, the Malawi Tea 2020 programme has fomented greater investments in the Malawian tea sector, improving the industry’s economic outlook and workers’ well-being, bolstering the economic position of smallholder farmers, and has taken steps to mitigate the harmful impact of climate changes. As the programme concludes, find below some the Malawi Tea 2020 achievements:
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33%of the living wage gap has been closed
for 50,000 tea workers
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66%
more tea volume sourced
Coalition buyers sourcing 66% more tea volume from Malawi since the start of the programme
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1st
Sustainable Procurement Model
Tool to provide insights into coalition buyers' contribution and commitment towards closing the living wage gap. All coalition buyers have reported - in their buyer assessments with Oxfam and IDH - making some use of the Model
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1st
Sector's collective bargaining agreement between PAWU and TAML
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$14.1 MillionInvested by producers
for productivity, quality, replanting, factories, irrigation, diversification Tea estate producing higher quality teas
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Higher
quality teas
Tea estate producing higher quality teas
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1st
Gender Equality, Sexual Harassment, and Discrimination policy
Implemented across all tea estates through 144 Women’s Welfare Committees and 147 Gender Committees & introducing reporting mechanisms at all estates
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80%
of workers receive fortified meals (40,175 workers)
& more vegetables for all tea workers
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12,500
Farmers and workers participated in Village Savings and Loans associations
Increasing financial security
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64%
of tea farmers attended Farmer Field Schools
Good agricultural practices, increased yields, higher quality for 10,564 farmers (81% women)
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925,880
tree seedlings grown
& 350,000 tea plants planted
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9,931
fuel-efficient cookstoves produced
80000 tons CO2