This is a pretty informative report on rice production in Malawi: https://riceforafrica.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/malawi_nrds2.pdf

In a commodity market, you want, if you can, to squeeze an advantage somewhere. Rice production in Malawi has a lot of places where it can be improved. There are a lot of places where you could be the force that improves yield, quality, marketing, management, etc.. Any of those might be an opportunity to improve things for everybody and get you an advantage.

And it seems like there is a lot of government interest in supporting that improvement. Maybe there is funding available to speed your growth or help you chase that improvement.

Good luck!