The United Kingdom has contributed US$22 million (K8.4 billion) to the United Nations World Food Programme to assist Malawian families who are unable to meet their basic food needs. The contribution will enable WFP to provide food assistance to some 910 000 people for several months of the ‘lean season’ between now and March when the […]
Minister of Agriculture and Food Security James Munthali has assured the public that Government through Agriculture Development Marketing Cooperation (Admarc) and National Food Reserve Agency (NFRA) has procured 66 000 metric tonnes of maize for sale and humanitarian purposes. The Minister said the recommended amount of maize for the country to cater for the whole […]
Malawian President Joyce Banda has again assured that no person will die of hunger in the wake of reported food shortages in the country, saying her administration will provide relief food. Banda , who faces elections next year, said Wednesday when presided over the official elevation ceremony of Chief Chiwalo of Phalombe who is now […]
The Malawi government will commemorate the World Food Day with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and World Food Programme (WFP) at Lisasadzi Residential Training Centre in Kasungu district on Friday, October 18, 2013. According to FAO Director General, Jose Graziano da Silva, this year’s theme-“Sustainable Food System for Food Security and […]
Gogo Munthali dissolves into tears every morning. She worries about what to feed her five grandchildren orphaned by HIV/Aids. Munthali was among the first beneficiaries under the farm input subsidy programme (FISP) in Rumphi– over 400 km to the north of Lilongwe, when it was introduced some eight years ago. For the first three years, […]
President Dr. Joyce Banda has arrayed fears that any Malawian will die of hunger in the wake of reported food shortages in the country. President Banda assured the nation that her government is doing everything possible to ensure that food supplies reach every household that is in need. The Malawi leader was speaking at Balaka […]
As hunger threatens millions of Malawians, government has said that it has no option but to go for rationing of staple food maize . It is said that almost 2 million people in the country are food insecure in at least 21 districts across the country and are likely to need food hand outs from […]
The Department of Disaster Management Affairs has engaged various stakeholders to discuss possible relief food distribution to vulnerable households which are likely to be affected by hunger this year. In its National Food Security Forecast for April this year to March 2014, the Malawi Vulnerability Assessment Committee (Mvac) projected that over 1. 4 million people […]
Malawi’s Minister of Water Development and Irrigation Brown Mpinganjira on Wednesday launched the African Development Bank (AfDB) funded Small scale Irrigation and Value Addition Project (Sivap) in Machinga. Under the project Zumulu Irrigation Scheme alongside other schemes in four other districts will be rehabilitated to improve crop production and farm income among beneficiaries. Speaking at Chibwana Village, […]
Newly appointed Minister of Agriculture and Food Security Dr. James Munthali has issued a stern warning against the practice of hoarding maize by private traders, saying the government will pounce hard on the malpractice. The minister was speaking during the official launch of National Association of Aggregators (NAAG) an offshoot of the Presidential Initiative on […]
Government has pumped K1.3 billion to Agriculture Development and Marketing Corporation (ADMARC ) for the purchase of maize and other food commodities from smallholder farmers. Minister of Agriculture and Food Security , James Kawifya Munthali disclosed this when he had an audience with Chitipa Agriculture Development Division staff at Chitipa Rural Development Project (RDP) Offices as part of his familiarization tour of the district […]
Britain will provide £20 million (about K10.4 billion)to Malawi to alleviate the “looming food crisis”. International development minister Lynne Featherstone, who met Malawi President Joyce Banda on Thursday in the capital Lilongwe, said the funds would “save countless lives” as maize stocks have fallen to just a quarter of the annual average. The money will […]
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Olivier De Schutter is expected in the country this Friday to, among other things, assess whether Malawians are able to realize their right to food. De Schutter’s eleven day visit to Malawi is aimed at gathering information on whether the approaches being applied are doing enough to […]
Traditional leaders in Malawi’s northern border district of Karonga are asking the government to take a bold step in improving local crops if issues of food security and increased food nutrition at household level are to be achieved. Speaking during the Agricultural show at Mlale area, Senior Chief Kalonga said he was disappointed noticing that […]
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 […]
President Dr Joyce Banda on Saturday attended the G8 Food Security and Nutrition Summit in London where Malawi was unveiled as new partners under the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition. The Food and Nutrition Summit is a strategic partnership arrangement between G8 Nations, African countries and the private sector to look into initiatives […]
Malawi President Joyce Banda will connect from China to London where she will attend a high profile ‘Hunger Summit’ this week to endorse the spate of on-going initiatives to ‘modernise’ African agriculture. State House has confirmed the trip and said President Banda will be travelling to London at the invitation of the UK government and […]
The Roman Catholic body called Centre for Social Concern (CFSC), which come up with monthly surveys of cost of living in Malawi has described the PP led government as “insensitive” for spending around US$4 million (MK1.6 billion) on a new fleet of 4 wheel drive Toyota Prado TX models for 35 cabinet ministers amidst painful […]