A student who faced being barred from his university examinations over unpaid fees has been thrown a lifeline after a Cabinet minister stepped in to clear his debt. Prosper Chimombo, a third-year Irrigation student at LUANAR’s NRC Campus, was staring at the prospect of missing his December 1, 2026 examinations after failing to raise the […]
Forests are only as safe as the people who live beside them, says Professor Judith Kamoto, and those people need a proper stake in the trees they guard. The newly inaugurated professor at the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) used her inaugural public lecture in Lilongwe on Friday to make the case. […]
The Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) and STEMpower, a pan-African organisation focused on science and technology education, have launched a six-month training programme aimed at equipping young people with skills in agricultural innovation and technology. The initiative will benefit 24 students from Mitundu Secondary School and Chiseka Community Day Secondary School (CDSS). […]
The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources have signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at strengthening and institutionalising collaboration between the two institutions. The signing ceremony took place on Monday at the Ministry’s headquarters at Capital Hill in Lilongwe. Minister of Natural Resources Patricia Wiskes said the MoU […]
Newly inaugurated Professor Kennedy Machira of the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) has called for deliberate measures to ensure that Malawi’s youthful population plays a greater role in the country’s economic development. Professor Machira made the call on Wednesday at LUANAR’s Bunda Campus during his Professorial Inaugural Lecture, held under the theme […]
National Bank of Malawi (NBM) plc has thrown its financial weight behind a major reunion for one of the country’s most respected universities, pledging a K4 million sponsorship to support the upcoming LUANAR Alumni Connect initiative. The symbolic cheque handover took place at NBM’s headquarters in Lilongwe, with the flagship gathering itself set to take […]
The government is backing a winter maize seed project at Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR), aimed at tackling shortages in the availability, affordability and accessibility of seed under this year’s Farm Input Subsidy Programme (FISP). The scheme is being run through LUANAR’s Mega Farm Initiative at Dwangwa in Nkhotakota district, where the […]
A research consortium working to strengthen collaboration in the fight against Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) in Sub-Saharan Africa has met at the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR), bringing together experts from Malawi, Zambia and Japan. The consortium is promoting a One Health approach, which recognises the links between human health, animal health […]
Newly crowned Professor Joseph Dzanja of the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) has called for serious investment in agricultural marketing systems if Malawi is to realise its full agricultural potential. Professor Dzanja made the remarks on Thursday during his inaugural lecture as Professor at LUANAR, where he challenged policymakers, researchers and other […]
The Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) has reaffirmed its ambition to position itself as a global and national hub for agribusiness transformation, as Malawi looks to unlock greater value from its agricultural economy. The university says strengthening research, investing in young people and building strategic partnerships will be central to developing solutions […]
CDH Investment Bank has committed more than K19 million to support the Falling Walls Foundation, an innovation hub based at Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (Luanar). The funding was formally handed over at Luanar’s Natural Resources Campus, where CDH Investment Bank account relationship manager for corporate and public sector, Jennie Madinga, said the […]
Innovators from Malawi’s top agricultural university have urged smallholder farmers to adopt modern farming technology following their success at an international innovation contest. Students from the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) secured second place at the China-Africa Innovation Challenge in Nairobi, Kenya, with a project focused on small-scale, technology-driven farming. The initiative, […]
Two students from the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) have won a gold medal at a continental competition in Nairobi, in what is bein g described as a historic result for Malawi in African agricultural innovation. Ufulu Kampinga and Monica Didas took first prize at the China-Africa Regional Competition, held for undergraduate […]
Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima has asked public universities and other institutions of higher learning to borrow a leaf from the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR), which is working hard to broaden its sources of income. Chilima reiterated that the government’s resource envelope is quite tiny; hence, the need for the public […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has defended his decision to accept the position of chancellorship at Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (Luanar) after he earlier criticised presidents becoming chancellor’s of public universities. Speaking in Lilongwe during the graduation of students from Luanar, Chakwera said his acceptance to be chancellor of public universities may seem in contradiction with […]
Lilongwe University of Natural Resources (Luanar) is this Thursday set to confer President Lazarus Chakwera as its chancellor. This will be in contradiction to Chakwera’s earlier statements that there was no need that a head of state should be an automatic chancellor of public universities. Chakwera has been championing major public reforms which include exclusion […]
Experts from Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) visited Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security where the two parties discussed measures on implementation of affordable inputs program (AIP). The experts from LUANAR’s department of agricultural extension and research services (DAES) urged the Ministry to look into other factors that can contribute positively to realise […]
Postmortem on the cause of death of Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) lecturer, Professor Peter Mumba reveals that his death was not not of natural cause but of acute poisoning from a chemical compound. The postmortem, done by renowned pathologists, Prof. Ndalama George Liomba and Dr Charles Dzamalala at Chidikalala village, T.A. […]