Agricultural production and productivity remain low affecting domestic demand and export opportunities largely due to weak delivery of agricultural extension services, Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development Minister, Kondwani Nankhumwa has said. “Weak agricultural extension services delivery is due to, among other factors, high farmer and extension staff ratio and ineffective coordination,” he said at Crossroads […]
Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development Minister, Kondwani Nankhumwa, has expressed gratitude to Malawi’s development partners, through the Donor Committee on Agriculture and Food Security (DCAFS), CSOs and “all partners” for their valuable financial and technical support towards development of the agriculture sector. “We look forward to continued unity of purpose in our efforts to drive […]
The Irish Government has given National Smallholder Farmers’ Association of Malawi (NASFAM) a €300,000 (slightly over MK252, 000, 000) to strengthen the capacity of the association’s commercial wing of NASCOMEX for food safety and quality assurance. The Irish Ambassador to Malawi, Gerry Cunningham, broke the news during NASFAM’s 23rd annual general meeting and launch of the association’s fourth Strategic Development […]
Civil Society Agriculture Network (CisaNet) has started lobbying Malawi’s members of Parliament (MPs) to align all agricultural policy frameworks to the national budget for the country to realise improved sector performance. The Malawi Government has, for the past years, formulated and adopted various policy frameworks to designed to enable it achieve sustainable agricultural transformation that will result in […]
South Africa-based world farming expert, Dr. Theo de Jager, has challenged the Malawi Government to incentivise the agriculture sector in order to attract youth involvement in food production and value chain initiatives. Jager, who is also the incumbent president of the World Farmer Organisation (WFO), made the remarks in his keynote speech at the 23rd annual general meeting (AGM) and […]
Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development Kondwani Nankhumwa, has encouraged the youth to strive for entrepreneurship, especially in agriculture, saying it is the fuel for sustainable development of the country, instead of scrambling for white collar jobs. He was speaking at the Natural Resources College (NRC) Graduation Ceremony of Intake of 32 Symposium in […]
Malawian President Peter Mutharika who on Monday participated at the opening plenary of Uk-Africa Summit in London took part in at a panel discussion on Trade and Investment where he said Africa should move quickly and be ready for further trade with UK, saying in that regard Malawi is on a steady path. The panel […]
Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development Kondwani Nankhumwa has emphasized the need to engage the youth in meaningful agriculture at a tender age, if Africa is to achieve food security in the near future, and particularly in the light of high unemployment. The minister said this when he met the German Federal Minister of […]
Malawi’s Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development, Kondwani Nankhumwa is in Berlin, Germany attending the 2020 Global Forum on Food and Agriculture scheduled to take place from January 16 to 18, 2020. On Friday, January 17, 2020 the minister met the Strategic Advisor for Food and Land Use Coalition Ann Tutwiler and discussed the […]
President Peter Mutharika has described the Agricultural Commercialisation (AGCOM) Project as a tool that will transform Malawi’s economy and enable the country transform into a producing and exporting nation. The country’s Head of State was speaking Friday when he presided over the official launch of AGCOM Project at Bingu International Convention Centre (BICC) in Lilongwe. […]
President Peter Mutharika has said agriculture remains the mainstay of Malawi economy thus government will ensure that the agriculture sector is significantly transformed. He made the remarks at the Bingu International Convention Centre (BICC) in Lilongwe on Friday when he officially launched the Agriculture Commercialization Project (AGCOM). The President said it was therefore imperative that […]
Hard times await farmers in Malawi following the outbreak of crop-munching fall armyworms in some districts across the country, a statement from the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development has confirmed. The Principle Secretary in the Ministry, Grey Nyandule Phiri said the outbreak is due to the current weather pattern the country is experiencing. According to […]
Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development Kondwani Nankhumwa says good agriculture practices and smart technologies are a prerequisite for this country’s economic growth. He made the remarks on Monday, December 30, 2019 when he presided over the official handover ceremony of a Solar-powered Irrigation and Milling Plant at Mikolongwe Veterinary Station, Mikolongwe Farm in […]
Philanthropist Napoleon Dzombe says he plans to roll out various irrigation projects in the country as one way of ending the problem of hunger and food insecurity. Dzombe, who is the Group Chairman of Mtalimanja Holdings Limited (MHL, was speaking in an interview with Nyasa Times when asked for his views on how lives of […]
At least 300 000 highly vulnerable Malawian families will benefit from a new K94 billion (US$125.4 million) programme that aims at increasing productivity among small-scale farmers and strengthen their access to profitable markets. This follows a financing agreement for the Transforming Agriculture through Diversification and Entrepreneurship Programme (TRADE) signed between Government of Malawi and the International […]
Officials from the African Institute for Corporate Citizenship (AICC) and Dowa District Council chairperson have urged smallholder farmers in Malawi to seriously consider turning to horticulture as the market for the country’s green gold – tobacco – continues to falter. The council chairperson, Councillor Martin Luka Phiri, stated that horticulture is fast becoming a lucrative […]
Civil Society Agriculture Network (CISANET) has launched a new agriculture strategic plan to transform and assist farmers’ on access to markets, livestock development and nutrition friendly and resilient agriculture sector. The newly strategic plan for 2019 to 2013 which is under the theme “Together for a vibrant agriculture” recently launched at Bingu Convention Centre (BICC) […]
The Civil Society Agriculture Network (CISANET) says Malawi’s neglected livestock sector can be revived and become more beneficial to small holder farmers and the country’s economy if the sector is given policy direction and befiting extension services. The call has been made by champions of the Livestock, Agriculture and Dairy Development (LADD) thematic area in […]