Communities from Mpundi village in the area of Traditional Authority (T/A) Namabvi in Mangochi have said they have found gold in irrigation farming. The communities have owed this success story to Pemphero Community-Based Organization (CBO) for providing them with farm inputs and irrigation materials. “Unlike in the previous years when hunger used to bite us […]
President Prof Peter Mutharika has bemoaned the country’s 300,000 hectares of unexploited land for irrigation farming which has adverse effects on the country’s economy and food security. He made the disclosure at Bingu International Convention Centre, Wednesday, where he presided over the official launch of the National Agricultural Policy (NAP) which was launched concurrently with […]
Malawi Government has handed over three solar powered irrigation sites worth MK300 million to communities in Chikwawa and Nsanje with the hope to curb the hunger which is wrecking havoc in the country. Minister of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining, Dr Bright Msaka presided over the handing over ceremony of the irrigation sites on Monday […]
Minister of Agriculture George Chaponda has told parliament that irrigation experts who are supposed to initiate a massive irrigation project to tap water from Lake Malawi are in the country. Chaponda however could not give details on when the work would start of tapping the vast fresh Lake Malawi waters into fields for farming to […]
Minister of Agriculture George Chaponda has said the biggest irrigation scheme in southern Africa, the Shire Valley Irrigation Scheme will not be ready until after 2018. He said there are several feasibility studies to be done before the establishment of the scheme which is expected to ease chronic food shortages in Malawi. “His Excellency the […]
Government plans to replace treadle pumps with fuel pumps to boost small scale irrigation amidst climate change effects to enhance food security in the country. Minister of Energy, Natural Resources and Mining, Bright Nsaka made the remarks during a developmental rally at Sekwele school ground in Zomba Chisi Constituency on Sunday. Nsaka urged farmers to […]
World Bank and the African Development Bank (AfDB) have together pumped in US$210 million to fund the largest irrigation scheme in southern Africa, the Shire River Irrigation scheme. Ministry of Agriculture community development specialist Stanley Khaira said the feasibility study of the project is expected to finish in December and the whole project will take […]
President Peter Mutharika has directed all water boards in the country to venture into large scale irrigation programmes to avert persistent food shortages in the country blamed on El Nino weather phenomenon. Mutharika said this on Friday when he officially commissioned a K6.4 billion World Bank funded Salima Water Supply Scheme. “We have water that […]
The Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Food Security Dr Allan Chiyembekeza has said intensive irrigation agriculture remains the only realistic hope to curb food shortage in the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) in light of erratic rainfall patterns caused by climate change. Chiyembekeza was speaking in an interview in Lilongwe on Tuesday on the sidelines […]
At least 100 farmers in Traditional Authority (T/A) Likowe in Chuiradzulu District will benefit from a K61 million irrigation project to be launched by Gift of Givers Foundation. Agriculture Officer for the Organization Ven Kaliati disclosed this Thursday at the boma during District Executive Committee (DEC) meeting. Gift of Givers will implement the project with […]
Farmers in Lifa Village in Blantyre and Kani in Chiradzulu have all the reasons to smile thanks to the K61 million Japanese funded irrigation schemes which will be implemented in the two districts by Gift of the Givers. The project was unveiled on Tuesday, during the signing ceremony at the Japanese Embassy in Lilongwe. Speaking […]
Whether Malawi needs rain to be food secure is a question that can be food for thought for everyone. Food demand in Malawi has been increasing steadily because of the increase in population. In addition, droughts cause yield reduction and food shortages. President Peter Mutharika told the nation on the Status of Food in September last year that close […]
Blantyre synod of the CCAP has told government to initiate an irrigation programme on a lager scale as an alternative to the prolonged dry spells that threatens food security. Blantyre Synod general secretary Alex Maulana said this when the synod officials met President Peter Mutharika on Wednesday at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe. Maulana told the […]
Minister of Agriculture Irrigation and Water Developement Dr Allan Chiyembekeza says his Ministry has began the process of intesfying solar powered irrigation in potential irrigable areas along Lake Malawi. He said the initiative is part of the implementation of the country’s first ever Irrigation and Investment Master Plan which was launched last year. Chiyembekeza said […]
Agriculture minister Allan Chiyembekeza has pat on the back prisoners for a working irrigation scheme at Domasi in Zomba that is enabling the prison department to provide 60 percent of food to inmates across the country. Commissoner for farms and industry in prisons Clement Kainja said with huge budget cuts, government grants are not enough […]
World Bank has committed to support the Shire Valley Irrigation Scheme mega project whose implementation is also being supported by the African Development Bank (AfDB). According to Director of Irrigation Services, Geoffrey Mamba, says the World Bank has provided US$6 million while the AfDB has contributed US$1.8 million towards various studies and other preparatory work […]
Government through the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security says it is intensifying irrigation farming in the country in order to increase agriculture production and productivity. This was disclosed by the minister responsible Dr Allan Chiyembekeza when he toured Thyolansanu Farm in in Namitete along Mchinji Road. He said Malawi has been experiencing low crop […]
Malawi Vice President, Saulos Chilima, who is leading the country’s delegation to Israel, on has asked Israeli water experts to visit Malawi and appreciate investment opportunities in water and irrigation ventures. Chilima extended invitation after inspecting and appreciating Israeli Mekorot National Water Carrier plants in Galilee on Wednesday. He described the Israel water technologies as amazing […]