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NASFAM laments poor funding to agricultural commercialization

By Nyasa Times Reporter

National Smallholder Association of Malawi (NASFAM) has challenged the government to allocate more resources towards agricultural commercialization programmes if the country is to fast-track realization of sustainable economic growth and development. NASFAM chief executive officer, Dr. Betty Chinyamunyamu, observed that directing more resources to food security programmes while paying limited attention to the agricultural commercialization […]

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Chilima rolls out free fertilizer distribution program for Malawi selected farmers

By Nyasa Times Reporter

Vice President Dr. Saulos Klaus Chilima  has on Monday presided over the launch of distribution of fertiliser and hybrid maize seed to the poorest households across the country at the Smallholder Farmers Fertiliser Revolving Fund of Malawi (SFFRFM) offices at Kanengo in Lilongwe. The initiative, by Yara International through its Action Africa Partnership (AAP), will […]

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Napolean Dzombe’s village farm to help improve Malawi economy

By Nyasa Times Reporter

Nzeru za Abambo farm in Mtalimanja village in Dowa District, initially meant for maize production and processing, is now expanding across 200 hacters of land and working towards diversifying crop production in order to increase exports that would help earn the much needed foreign exchange in Malawi. The farm has just introduced a banana plantation, […]

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Chakwera welcomes South African farmers to invest in Malawi: Kokoliliko gets mega farms

By Nyasa Times Reporter

President Lazarus Chakwera has offered hope to South African farmers, particularly white Afrikaans – who are facing horrific circumstances of land redistribution and violence, saying they will be welcomed to invest in Malawi to help boost the country’ agriculture-economy. Chakwera welcomes the South African farmers during a live virtual interview held at Kamuzu Palace in […]

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Malawi’s agricultural commercialization project gears up to help create 1 million jobs

By Nyasa Times Reporter

Agricultural Commercialization Project of Malawi (AGCOM) says it is committed to ensure implementation of Government effort in the creation of the much touted of 1 million jobs promised by the Tonse Alliance led government. AGCOM coordinator Teddie Nakhumwa, said this in Lilongwe during a press conference, saying his project is aimed at transforming small scale […]

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Exit Fisp, enters Aip: Minister Lowe says new fertiliser program for Malawi food security

By Nyasa Times Reporter

Minister of Agriculture and Food Security Lobin Lowe has announced termination of Farm Input Subsidy Program (FISP) and replaced it with another program the Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP) which will benefit 4.2 million farming households in the country. Addressing the media in Lilongwe on Friday, Lowe said AIP aims to enable Malawi attain food security […]

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Malawi launches K5 billion project to improve agriculture productivity, profitability 

By Nyasa Times Reporter

Malawi is expected to benefit from a five-year Development of Smart Innovation through Research in Agriculture (DeSIRA) project, which seeks to improve productivity, profitability and sustainability of agriculture and food systems in a number of countries across the globe. The project, which the European Union (EU) is financing to the tune of €6.3 million (approximately […]

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NGO wants digital platforms in agriculture amid Covid-19

By Nyasa Times Reporter

Farm Concern International, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), is advocating for extension workers to use digital platforms when discharging their duties in various communities in the face of Covid-19. The NGO on Tuesday engaged Ntchisi District Agriculture Extension Coordinating Committee members on how they can reach out to farmers with various messages without physical contact. The […]

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Chitipa establishes lead farmer networks committee

By Nyasa Times Reporter

Chitipa District Agriculture Development Office says it banks its hopes in the newly introduced District Lead Farmer Networks Committee in the wake of inadequate agriculture extension development coordinators. Farm Mechanization Officer for Chitipa, Cosmas Chikapa said the committee was established to enable lead farmers teach fellow farmers in remote areas new farming methods. “As of […]

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Inosselia-Greenbelt KIA greenhouse: Training ground for farmers to revolutionalize horticulture in Malawi

By Nyasa Times Reporter

Malawians employed to work at the greenhouse vegetable farm at Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) in Lilongwe, are building their professional capacities and acquiring high-technological skills of modern farm operations and management. They are expected to share with scores of smallholder farmers in order to generate interest for large scale and more profitable horticultural farming in […]

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Malawi government sets minimum farm gate prices

By Nyasa Times Reporter

Government has urged farmers to sell their agricultural commodities to Admarc [Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation] at the minimum farm gate prices as one way of reaping optimum benefits from their hard work. Minister of Agriculture, Francis Kasaila said this in Lilongwe on Tuesday when he released the agricultural commodity farm gate marketing prices. He […]

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Blantyre ADD Field Day: Government insists on modern agriculture technologies

By Nyasa Times Reporter

Agriculture stakeholders need to generate technologies that are climate smart and area specific to ensure that there is sustainable agricultural production, former Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development, Kondwani Nankhumwa has said. “We must adopt and implement integrated farming systems such as crop-livestock integration, fisheries, agroforestry, Conservation agriculture that ensures recycling of resources and […]

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Nankhumwa lobbies Malawi leader for National Farmers’ Day

By Nyasa Times Reporter

Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development, Kondwani Nankhumwa, has requested President Peter Mutharika to consider setting aside a  ‘National Farmers Day’ to celebrate farmers hard work and their significant contribution towards national social and economic growth. He was speaking at Chikwawa Community Centre Ground on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 when President Arthur Peter Mutharika […]

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Mutharika launches K175bn Shire Valley Transformation: ‘Rural areas to be centres of development in Malawi’’

By Nyasa Times Reporter

President Peter Mutharika has launched a K175 bn Shire Valley Transformation Programme (SVTP)  whose aim is to promote irrigation farming and increase farmers’ ability to move from subsistence to commercial farming. According to President Mutharika, the programme demonstrates that Malawi is steadily moving away from dependence on rain-fed agriculture to irrigated agriculture. In the first […]

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World Vision Malawi trains local farmers in livestock health management

By Nyasa Times Reporter

Livestock farmers from four districts of the Southern Region successfully completed a two-week intensive training as Community Animal Health Workers courtesy of funding from World Vision International (WVI) in collaboration with the Malawi Government’s Department of Animal Health and Livestock Development. The 63 trained farmers from Mulanje, Chiradzulu, Neno and Balaka are expected to perform […]

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Minister Nankhumwa urges Malawi farmers to adopt recommended agriculture technologies

By Nyasa Times Reporter

Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development Minister, Kondwani Nankhumwa has said it is the wish of President Peter Mutharika that all farmers in Malawi adopt recommended agriculture technologies for increased agriculture production and productivity for a hunger free nation. “It is the wish of His Excellency’s that every household should be food secure and that no […]

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Malawi maize outlook promising, 8.8% production increase expected – Report

By Nyasa Times Reporter

Malawi’s maize production will increase by 8.8% in the 2020 crop season as much-needed rainfall helps to raise yields, its agriculture ministry said on Thursday. The small southern African nation, among the poorest in the world, is heavily dependent on agriculture. The sector employs nearly 80% of the population and accounts for two thirds of […]

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