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United to grow value for every member
United to grow value for every member
Lusaka Avocado Multipurpose Cooperative Society is a member-owned cooperative registered in Zambia, bringing avocado growers together to aggregate, grade and market their produce.
MISSION
MISSION
To empower avocado farmers by pooling their harvests, securing fair prices, and providing transparent, well-governed services that build lasting shared value.
OUR VISION
OUR VISION
A thriving cooperative whose members supply quality avocados to regional and export markets, lifting incomes and livelihoods across the community.
WHAT WE STAND FOR
Our values
Our values
The principles that guide how the cooperative works for its members.
Fairness
Fairness
Transparent grading, pricing and payment so every member is treated equitably.
Accountability
Accountability
Transparent grading, pricing and payment so every member is treated equitably.
Unity
Unity
Strength in numbers — collective bargaining that no single grower could achieve alone.
WHERE WE'RE HEADED
Our Strategic Plan
Our Strategic Plan
The cooperative's five-year plan, 2022–2026 — the vision, the objectives, and the road to export markets.
LAMCS is driven by a single vision — to be the leading producer of quality avocado in Zambia — and a mission to develop the avocado industry through collaboration, contributing to food and nutrition security, value addition and income generation. The plan sets twelve strategic objectives spanning governance, production, research, aggregation and export, anchored by a Letter of Intent from Algeo SRL of Italy to procure 960 tonnes of Hass avocados a month.
HOW WE ARE GOVERNED
Our By-Laws
Our By-Laws
Registered under the Co-operative Societies Act No. 20 of 1998, these by-laws are the rules the cooperative and its members are bound by — how shares work, how the Board is elected, and how surplus is shared.
A co-operative is an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs through a jointly owned and democratically controlled enterprise. Members are bound by shared values — self-help, democracy, equality and solidarity — and by seven principles, beginning with voluntary and open membership and one-member-one-vote democratic control. Each member holds up to twenty shares of K1,000; two shares confer full voting rights; a quarter of every surplus is reserved and a further fifteen percent goes to member education …
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