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NWK have been busy growing for the farmer

NWK Agri-Services has been growing rapidly since it’s change over from Dunavant in October, 2013. The diversification has spread the company’s reach to the farmer into more than just cotton. NWK has considered the farmer and has moved into maize & soya as well implementing a well established network of Trade Centres.

NWK Grows in Reta i l

The company now has 7 Trade Centres across the country. The Centres are based in Mumbwa, Monze, Lusaka, Nyimba, Petauke, Katete and Chipata. A strategic spread to ensure we are where our farmers are, giving them the best access to their agricultural needs. We offer our farmers a diverse range of products such as; Insecticides, Herbicides, Veterinary Products, Day Old Chicks & Feed, Vaccines, Maize Soya Beans and Vegetable seed, Sprayers, Hardware, Farming Implements, Fertilizer, Protective Clothing and the supply line is still expanding.

NWK Schoo ls Pro ject

Over the past three years, while in partnership with the Aid By Trade Foundation, COMPACI and DEG, NWK Agri-Services Zambia has been working to improve educational infrastructure in several rural Zambian communities. By supporting the development of educational infrastructure within rural farming communities, NWK hopes to not only increase access to education but also stimulate local farmers to grow more cotton, and in turn, bolster their income and increase their ability to send children to school. By facilitating improved access to education, sanitation and clean water, the availability and quality of education for children of smallholder farmers is increased while simultaneously strengthening the relationship between NWK and the farming communities.

We have successfully opened the following schools:

1. Myooye Government School, Mumbwa Region 2. Chisumpule Community School, Choma Region 3. Matipa Community School, Lundazi Region 4. Chipembaulo Primary School, Chipata Region 5. Sopa Primary School, Petauke Region 6. Kantupu Basic School, Kabwe Region

August 7th, 2014

Press Release – Achieving greatness at NWK

Figure 2: School Children Learning English

Figure 1: School Children Celebrating the Opening of Matipa Community School

Lusaka, Zambia

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A Tale of an NWK Farmer Success

Elias Mwanza was born in 1954 at Enock Village, Chief Nzamane, Chipata District. He begun his farming career in 1985 whilst working as a teacher. In 2010/11 he decided to take farming as a business and then got involved with NWK on a contractual partnership basis to manage strategic roadside demonstration plots. Elias’ production yield on his demoplot for this year based on his 3 plots of 0.25 hectares was 2.28mt/ha Cotton, 2.82mt/Ha Soya Beans and 9.96mt/ha Maize. 6 years ago he had 1.4mt/Ha of Soya Beans. Elias explained that by using the right process (ripping, applying manure, lime and soya mix, weed control and herbicides) it changed his outcomes dramatically. He also realized that one line of Soya which did not receive innoculum performed poorly despite the other procedures he had taken to ensure the crop had no issues. Elias sees great value in partnering with NWK. He explained, “I have gained knowledge on Soya, Maize and Cotton production, and as a result my yields in all my major crops have steadily increased from year to year. I re-invested part of my profits into improving my soils by deep tractor ripping and applying sufficient amounts of well decomposed manure. I am now more credit worthy than I used to be because I now pay back my loans full and in time. I have hosted two big consecutive farmer field days in the last two seasons. In the future I want to acquire a maize sheller, I plan to establish an agro-shop , and I plan to extend my production area from my current 7.5Ha to 15Ha in the next 5 years. My ambition is to become an External Farmer Business School (FBS) trainer for NWK.”

NWK E-payment Programme

NWK have begun their implementation of the E-payment programme. The company has partnered with various Financial Service Providers with the intention to move all NWK contracted farmers onto an Electronic Payment Platform. Events were held in the Eastern Provice with FNB, Zanaco and Barclays. The payment platform will reduce the risk of cash handling to farmers, time delays in farmer payments and cash handling fees to the company. More events will be held during the course of the year in areas with high concentration of NWK farmers. Website: www.nwkzambia.com

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About NWK Agri -Serv ices NWK Agri-Services offers a range of services to Zambian farmers – crop buying in cotton, maize and soya, grain storage solutions, input pre-financing, and agricultural input distribution through their expanding retail store branch network.

NWK Agri-Services aims to be at the forefront of agri-business in Zambia, providing timely, reliable, and superior quality service in every aspect of business. Serving its base of over 130,000 small-scale farmers and a growing market of commercial farmers across the country, NWK Agri-Services is the bigger, better and stronger option in agribusiness.

About NWK Ltd (South Afr ica) NWK is an established and reputable agricultural business that boasts more than 100 years’ experience in the dynamic South African market environment. As a leading provider of agricultural services and input they are involved in a wide spectrum of services. These include, providing knowledgeable and proffessional marketing and price risk management services to producers, millers and other buyers of grain, storage and handling as well as offering customers a range of high-quality input and consumer goods at competitive prices. NWK also has several subsidaries including, Epko, Noordfed, Opti Feeds, Opti Chicks, NWK Boerdery and NWK Liquid Fertilizer.

Figure 1: Elias Mwanza standing amongst his soya beans.

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About Louis Dreyfus Commodit ies Afr ica (40% Shareholder in NWK Agri -Serv ices Zambia) Louis Dreyfus Commodities – global merchandiser of commodities, major asset owner and processor of agricultural good – helping to feed and clothe up to 500 million people, originating, processing and transporting approximately 70 million tons of commodities each year.

For More Information Contact:

Lauren Watson NWK Agri-Services Tel: 0976-081-904 Email: lauren.watson@nwkzambia.com