Over 4000 hectares of maize field has been affected by fall army worms in Balaka with 39 percent of the crop heavily damaged, the District’s Agriculture Development Office (DADO) has disclosed. The officer responsible Denis Zingeni said this Friday when he briefed members of Balaka District Civil Protection Committee (DCPC) about the state of affairs […]
State Vice President Dr. Saulos Klaus Chilima has advised the country’s district councils to consider starting directing resources towards interventions that would contribute to building community resilience in disaster prone areas. Chilima made the sentiments on Wednesday in Nsanje during the launch of the 2017/2018 lean season food insecurity response plan and distribution of relief […]
The cost of fighting the current fall of army worms whch destroyed the crops of nearly 140,000 farming families since the start of November has been estimated at K9 billion. And President Peter Mutharika has since declared the country a state of disaster and is seeking international help to contain the outbreak, as it is a […]
StateVice President Dr Saulos Kalus Chilima on Tuesday co-chaired with Abdoulaye Bio Tchané, Minister of State for Planning and Development of Benin,the first meeting for high-level decision-makers from African countries and international development partners to discuss strategies for beating hunger and malnutrition. The Malabo Montpellier Forum is taking place in Cotonou, Benin “We are delighted to […]
State Vice President Saulos Chilima leaves for for Cotonou, Benin on Sunday to chair an international forum on Agriculture and Food Security on 12th December, his office announced. Chilima, who is also Minister for Disaster Management Affairs, was in September 2017 appointed as Champion and Co-chair of the High Level Policy Dialogue Forum on African […]
State Vice President Saulos Chilima says it is high time Malawi breaks the circle of food insecurity arising due to weather shocks by urgently transiting from relief to resilience paradigm. He was speaking during the Compact 2025 round table multisectoral discussions in Lilongwe under the theme “Moving from relief to Resilience: Achieving Sustainable Food Security […]
Immediate former president of Malawi, Joyce Banda, spoke at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada on the occasion of Nutrition International’s (formerly Micronutrients Initiative)25th anniversary celebrations. Banda, an esteemed member of Nutrition International’s board, spoke about the importance of nutrition for the poorest and most vulnerable women and girls. “Too often in many parts of Africa […]
In recent days, Malawi Defence Force (MDF) troops have been deployed to the northern border to prevent the smuggling of maize into Tanzania and Zambia. While this action seems a natural response during a year of national food shortage, four factors should give us pause for thought. Food supplies during the last few months have […]
President Peter Mutharika has said the government is under pressure to export maize but has put his foot down, saying his administration would neither lift the maize export ban. Mutharika said this on Wednesday in Mulanje during the launch of Malawi Rural Electrification Program (Marep) phase eight. “This is my maize. This maize will stay […]
President Peter Mutharika has ordered the Malawi Defense Force (MDF) soldiers to guard the country’s borders in the wake of massive smuggling of maize and tobacco. Office of the President and Cabinet says the order is with immediate effect therefore people living in the borders should not be scared when they see soldiers in their […]
The Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM) through its relief and development arm, Catholic Development Commission in Malawi (CADECOM) has embarked on food distribution exercise in all the eight dioceses in the country. His Holiness Pope Francis donated $500 000 (about 365 Million Malawi Kwacha) to the hunger stricken families in Malawi who were affected by the dry spell. […]
Catholic Development Commission in Malawi (CADECOM) has embarked on a relief food aid distribution to vulnerable households in two districts of Mangochi and Balaka. With support from the Papal Fund in Rome to the tune of K46 million, Mangochi Cadecom will reach out to over 1,500 beneficiaries in five parishes of St. Louis in Monkey […]
At least 10 000 hungry households in Dedza, Ntcheu and Mzimba districts are smiling as Prophet Shepherd Bushiri has returned with his first phase of this years’ annual national maize distribution exercise. The first exercise, under the first phase, was held in Dedza and Ntcheu districts on Wednesday. The second exercise continue in Mchengautuwa, Mzuzu […]
Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe has conceded the hunger situation in the country was exaggerated, leading to chaotic procedures in the procurement of maize. “The hunger situation was a bit exaggerated by the vulnerability assessment committee,” said Gondwe. He said when he wound up debate on mid year budget review statement in parliament […]
In a year troubled by one of the worst food shortages in memory, beneficiaries of World Vision’s Southern Africa Elnino Response (SAENER) have gone a step beyond being food recipients to create long lasting assets for themselves. Food aid beneficiaries in Zomba district have capitalized on the food that they have been receiving to take […]
Unites States of America Ambassador to Malawi Virginia Palmer on Wednesday announced a donation of $4.6Million equivalent to MK3.3 Billion to assist Malawian in need of humanitarian food assistance. According to a statement, the additional donation is in response to the Malawi Vulnerability Assessment Committee’s (MVAC) report that 6.7 million Malawians need humanitarian food assistance […]
As the lean season in Malawi hit its peak, close to 1 million children will be affected by hunger as the country struggles to cope with the worst droughtin 35 years. Despite the good rains, hunger is still widespread as families’ will only be able to harvest in late April. The UN agency ,as part […]
Going into the markets and homes of Malawians one cannot believe it is the very country that has been going about with a bowl in hand begging for handouts. The food that is plenty now abruptly ends within a short period of time because our country has no long term plans for good harvesting. Tourists […]