TAMA Farmers Trust
Working Together with Farmers
TAMA Farmers Trust works together with smallholders farmers for the success of the Malawi tobacco industry. We provide services that enables a vibrant and sustainable value chain.
Who We Are
We at The Tobacco Association of Malawi (TAMA) believe that the success of the tobacco industry lies in the concerted efforts of all the stakeholders in the industry. Specifically, the farmer plays a vital role to ensure that he/she produces his/her tobacco for sale.
This takes the farmer on a path of defined value chain from the point of production to the point of sale (market). This is why TAMA provides appropriate services to its members to ensure an efficient value chain in order to sustain their business for continuity to keep the tradition going.
TAMA is also a founding member of the International Tobacco Growers Association (ITGA), a grouping of rational tobacco associations based in Lisbon Portugal that defends tobacco growers interests at the grobal level.
Our Mission
To provide visible and compelling services to the grower members and perpetuate sustainable balance in the generation of wealth in a manner that ascertains wider income diversification and value.
Our Vision
To be the most effective and successful Association in the representation of grower member interests in as far as the promotion of tobacco production and marketing is concerned.
Registered farmers
Councillors
Cooperatives
Shops
Frequently Asked Questions
In the first place, TAMA membership is voluntary and is renewed annually. A tobacco grower whether small scale or corporate, registers with the Tobacco Control Commission (TCC) for a following year’s production.
The TCC registration form asks the grower to indicate an association to which he/she belongs to by way of filling the space. It is at that point when one writes TAMA as his or her Association that they become a member. Through the TCC data TAMA is able to trace its membership, which stands to benfit from all its services ranging from advocacy to tobacco sales representation in the floors.
As a TAMA member you have access to professional advice and help.
Tobacco production is not easy but they are other unscrupulous individuals and groups of people who just want to reap heavily ignoring the producer. This is the time TAMA comes in to aid so that the producer earns what he or she deserves through a win-win protocol.
Yes, all growers are encouraged to register with TCC and endorse TAMA as their Association. Members of the association benefit from the association’s services on both local and international fronts.
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