Development Facilitators and Mentors in Agribusiness.
Believing in the Genius in Africa!
RMI is a team of Development Facilitators and Mentors working with rural communities in Africa, preparing them for commercial farming. We act as a guide for investors, businesses and farming communities, helping them to find ways to co-create a path to mutual prosperity.
RMI uses a unique social empowerment approach that puts the people at the centre of development. It is a 3D approach that addresses the Economic, Physical and Social dimensions of development in balanced way. This approach has facilitated establishment of sustainable smallholder companies with high success rate in several countries where RMI has been involved.
Central to our service offering is Risk Management for Investors (RMI). We work with:
The RMI core team boasts a combined total of more than 100 years’ experience. RMI have been involved in agricultural projects in Belize, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
RMI core expertise cover these areas:
RMI uses a unique social empowerment approach that puts the people at the centre of development. It is a 3D approach that addresses the Economic, Physical and Social dimensions of development in balanced way. This approach has facilitated establishment of sustainable smallholder companies with high success rate in several countries where RMI has been involved.
Central to our service offering is Risk Management for Investors (RMI). We work with:
- Investors that risk financial resources and intellectual capital in agricultural ventures
- Industrial agro-processors seeking to partner with smallholder farmers as a growth strategy
- Established commercial businesses seeking to build sustainable supply chains involving smallholder growers
- Communities who risk their livelihood resources to venture into commercial farming
- Governments seeking to support small farmers to participate actively in commercial farming and the agriculture value chain.
- Investors in new land-based projects seeking a Social License to operate
- Established Farms seeking security and harmony with their surrounding communities
- Commercial enterprises implementing CSI projects in agriculture and rural development
The RMI core team boasts a combined total of more than 100 years’ experience. RMI have been involved in agricultural projects in Belize, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
RMI core expertise cover these areas:
- Institutional building,
- Farm planning and development,
- Business development,
- Water resources management and irrigation design,
- Social facilitation and conflict resolution,
- Land and spatial development planning.
