Scores of farmers in Chingale Extension Planning Area (EPA) in Zomba are improving their incomes and lives through various interventions that the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development are implementing in the area under the Strengthening Community Resilience to Climate Change project According […]
His Majesty King Letsie III of the Kingdom of Lesotho has concluded his four day visit to Malawi with a call for the country to embrace multi sectoral approach in nutrition with greater coordination in order to end hunger and malnutrition. The King, who is Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) special ambassador on nutrition, arrived […]
Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Thursday donated two Land cruiser vehicles and ten motor bikes to Ministry of Agriculture to facilitate mobility of District Agricultural Development Officers in Kasungu and Mzimba. Speaking in interview after receiving the vehicles and bikes, Chief Director in the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development, Bright Kumwembe said the […]
Food diversification, in both production and dietary patterns has been touted as the best possible means to achieve food security and nutrient sufficiency in Malawian households. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Country Representative, Florence Rolle said in the face of climate change effects which have massively played to the disadvantage on many food production processes, […]
Prompt access to seeds and livestock will help reboot local food production Farmers in southern Malawi urgently need seeds and livestock after intense flooding destroyed their fields and homes, washing away animals and crops and threatening local food security. More than 170,000 people have had to leave their homes. Some 79 deaths have been confirmed […]
The United Nations food agency has said it will honor Malawi and 37 other countries that have already met internationally set hunger eradication targets set for 2015 to halve the percentage of hungry people at a ceremony in Rome Italy on June 16, 2013. “These countries are leading the way to a better future. They […]
The head of the UN’s food agency has praised Malawi for its efforts to combat hunger, despite pressure on food prices, rising inflation and previous crop shortages. The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) director general, José Graziano da Silva, recognised the advances the country has made under President Joyce Banda, but stressed the need to build on improvements in agriculture: […]
The visiting Director General for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Jose Graziano Da Silva, said on Tuesday that Malawi has the potential to produce enough food for domestic consumption and export. Da Silva made the observation during a joint meeting with visiting European Union (EU) Commissioner, Andris Piebalgs, and Agriculture Minister Prof. Peter Mwanza […]
The Development Commissioner of the European Union (EU) Andris Piebalgs and the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) José Graziano da Silva will visit Malawi from March 5 to March 7 2013. During their visit, they will hold important high-level discussions with President Joyce Banda and other Government officials with a view of […]
Global experts on environment and development have realized that agriculture can be a critical tool to solve problems associated with climate change and weather variability in many counties. This realization comes in the wake that the world population will grow from current 7 billion to 9 billion by 2050 with most of the increase occurring […]