Lusaka's avocado growers, united for shared prosperity.
We bring farmers together to aggregate, grade and market avocados — turning individual harvests into collective bargaining power, fair prices, and a route to bigger markets.
What membership gives you
Everything a grower struggles to get alone — delivered by growers, together.
A better price for your fruit
Your harvest joins hundreds of others, so the cooperative negotiates from strength instead of you haggling alone at the farm gate.
A market that's already there
Buyers and exporters come to the cooperative. You deliver, we grade, price and sell.
You own a share of it
Members aren't suppliers — they're owners. Your shares are yours, on a certificate, and the surplus comes back to you.
You see how you were paid
Every delivery is graded and priced openly, and every payment appears in your own online account.
You get a vote
One member, one vote. Hold two shares and you help elect the board that runs the cooperative.
It's all on your phone
Check your shares, payments and deliveries, and pay by mobile money — no trip to the office.
Full membership is 20 shares (K20,000), which you may build up over time. You only need 2 shares to vote.
Everything from farm gate to market
Four pillars that turn member harvests into shared, reliable value.
Aggregation
We collect members' produce into consolidated volumes that attract serious buyers and better prices.
Grading & Pricing
Produce is graded (A–C) and priced per kilogram so every member is paid transparently for quality.
Marketing & Sales
We negotiate on behalf of members with local buyers and work toward regional and export markets.
Member Support
Shares, contributions and payments are tracked and governed openly for every member.
Not sure avocados suit your land — or what they could earn?
Free tools, no sign-up. Check any plot in Zambia against ten years of real rainfall and soil data, test your soil drainage properly, and see what your trees could be worth.
Check your land
Real climate and soil data for your exact spot — it tells you honestly if an area is ruled out.
Test your drainage
A guided pit test — the single thing that decides whether avocado thrives on your plot.
See what it could earn
Tree count, variety and age turned into a year-by-year picture — using your own price.
Joining takes four steps
From application to delivering your first harvest through the cooperative.
Apply online
Two minutes. Your name, phone and NRC — no paperwork.
We confirm you
The office checks your application and issues your member number.
Pay your registration
K150 to register, then build your shares at your own pace.
Deliver your harvest
Bring your avocados. We grade, price and sell them for you.
Quality avocados, graded and market-ready.
Hass
The premium export favourite — rich, nutty, and long-storing.
Fuerte
Smooth-skinned and creamy — a strong performer for regional markets.
Consistent grading
Every delivery sorted into grades A, B and C so buyers know exactly what they get.
Grown across member farms in and around Lusaka
Smallholder and commercial growers, one shared standard of quality.
A cooperative built by growers, for growers.
The Lusaka Avocado Multipurpose Cooperative Society Limited is a member-owned organisation registered in Zambia. We pool the harvests of smallholder and commercial avocado farmers so that, together, members reach markets and prices that no single grower could command alone.
Local growers. Collective strength.
From Makeni Balmoral across the farms of our members, the cooperative turns scattered harvests into one confident supply — better prices today, bigger markets tomorrow.
Our story642 members
and growing every season
K4,363,750
share capital owned by members
Market reach
local now, regional next
Member-owned
governed by an elected board
Meet the Board of Directors
The cooperative is governed by a board elected by its members — farmers, engineers, lawyers and agriculturalists serving the membership.
Elected by the membership to lead the cooperative.
Leading the technical, business and human-resource committees.
Serving the membership on the board.
Avocados, up close
The fruit at the centre of everything the cooperative does.
Photos: Unsplash
Grow with the cooperative.
Whether you grow avocados or buy them, there is a place for you here.