A father in Mchinji says he was forced to sell his daughter at K500,000 due to biting hunger and poverty in his family. The Police arrested the 46-year-old man, for allegedly offering for sale his daughter for K500,000. The suspect Agapito Mazuzo Mwale reportedly approached a businessman at Ludzi Trading Centre in the district claiming […]
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 […]
The skyrocketing prices of maize on the market has forced scores of ultra-poor households in Balaka and Machinga to turn to bitter wild tubers for survival, a recent research by Center for Social Concern (CfSC) reveals. CfSC Rural Basic Needs Basket project officer, Kondwani Hara, said in an emailed interview with Nyasa Times that the locals are […]
State vice-president Everton Chimulirenji has assured the nation that no one will die of hunger, saying government has put in place measures to safeguard people’s lives by providing relief food. Chimulirenji gave the assurance on Thursday during the distribution of relief items to households affected by stormy rains at Lupiya Village in the area of […]
Vice President Everton Chimulurenji, who is also Minister responsible for Disaster Management Affairs, has said government us reassessing the number of needy people who are food insecure but appealed to all Malawians not to panic, saying the government has put in place mechanisms to assist them. Chimulirenji said this Wednesday at Chakhaza primary school in […]
State Vice President, Everton Chimulirenji has said government has put in place strategies aimed at ensuring that no one dies of hunger in this country by providing relief food items and stocking Agriculture Development and Marketing Corporation (ADMARC) selling point with enough maize, saying 8 129 metric tonnes of maize has been set aside for […]
Over 1 million Malawians face hunger, the Malawi Vulnerability Assessment Committee’s (Mvac) annual report has stated prompting Department of Disaster Management Affairs (Dodma) to roll out out the 2019/20 Lean Season Food Insecurity Response Plan (LS-FIRP) to arrest the worsening food situation in various parts of the country. The Mvac report projected that 1 062 […]
Over 52 million people in Africa face acute food shortage as a result of weather extremes that have hit the continent. This was revealed at the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (Amcen) in Durban, South Africa last week, which discussed the future of Africa’s environmental sustainability and prosperity. Over 18 countries across southern, eastern […]
Plan International Malawi has announced plans to raise US$2 million (approximately K1.5 million) for responding to hunger that has hit some parts of the country. Director for Plan International Region of Eastern and Southern Africa (RESA) , Charles Businge, says his organisation will be working with existing government coordination mechanisms and leading development partners to […]
South Africa-based leader of the Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) Church is set to give a televised address to Malawians at 12:30 Monday afternoon on food security. His spokesperson Ephraim Nyondo confirmed with Nyasa Times but he didn’t divulge more details. “Yes he will be making an appeal on food security in the country. I urge […]
Maize prices continue to sour especially in the country’s major cities as traders are hoarding the commodity in anticipation of higher prices during the lean period. Agriculture activist Tamani-Nkhono Mvula has asked the government to release maize from the strategic grain reserves to stabilize the grain prices. “The traders are hoarding the maize in anticipation […]
Malawi joined the world to commemorate the World Food Day and Africa Day for Food and Nutrition Security as the main commemoration event took place at Kankhomba Primary School Ground, T/A Bvumbwe’s in Thyolo on Wednesday, October 16 2019. The theme of the celebrations was “Our actions are our future; Healthy Diets for a Zero […]
Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development, Kondwani Nankhumwa, has said government puts household and national food security on top of its development agenda that is why it introduced the Farm Input Subsidy Programme (FISP) in 2005/06 season and on Tuesday launched the 2019/20 FISP wth a promise of an organised season this year. Nankhumwa […]
Vice-President Everton Chimulirenji says government is making all efforts to ensure that no one dies of hunger in the country. Chimulirenji, who is also Minister responsible for Disaster Management Affairs, made the remarks on Saturday at Matchereza school ground in the area of Traditional Authority (TA) Tsikulamowa in Ntcheu where he visited people who were […]
A latest report by the Malawi Vulnerability Assessment Committee (MVAC) has shown that a total of 1 062 674 people, out of the total estimated Malawi rural population of 14 747 257 will not be able to meet their annual food requirement during the 2019/20 consumption period. The report released Thursday October 3, shows a […]
Dowa West member of Parliament (MP) Abel Kayembe (Malawi Congress Party (MCP) gave a ‘point-of-order’ query in parliament to remarks made by Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Mulanje South West MP George Chaponda that President Peter Mutharika continue to live to his billing that that no person has died of hunger under his regime, saying people […]
The Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Regional Vulnerability Assessment and Analysis Program (RVAA) recently released its 2019 assessment results for Malawi, which say over 1.1 million Malawians will face hunger between October 2019 and March 2020, with over 676, 600 people already affected by food shortage. Although the picture looks grim, government says it is […]
Malawi is still food secure depite natural disasters which hit the country as the crop production estimates project a 3555 000 metric tonnes (MT) maize surplus, according to figures from Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development. Floods hit the country – following the Cyclone Idai – sweeping a lot of crops especially maize. Speaking […]