For a tangible national development in the country, there is an urgent need for a speedy diversification in the Agricultural sector, which is the driving force of the economy, Malawi’s vice president has said. To that effect, the flamboyant hands-on-the-deck and industrious vice President, Saulos Chilima has implored research and policy experts gathered at a […]
Local and international agricultural think tanks are set to converge in Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe, next week for the annual agricultural police conference. The conference will take place from June 1 to 2, 2021. Themed ‘Supporting Agriculture Transformation in Malawi: Beyond Research to Implementation’, the conference is expected to provide a platform to experts to disseminate […]
The Malawi Agriculture Policy Advancement and Transformation Agenda (MwAPATA Institute), and the Civil Society Agriculture Network (CISANET) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that aims at enhancing the collaboration in pushing for the realization of the country’s development agenda as espoused in the Malawi 2063 document. MwAPATA is a local agriculture research think tank while CISANET […]
The Malawi Agriculture Policy Advancement and Transformation Agenda (MwAPATA Institute) has challenged that unless Malawi address challenges that affect agricultural production and productivity, the country will face teething hitches to transform its economy. MwAPATA Institute acting executive director William Chadza made the sentiments at the Capital Hotel in Lilongwe when the institute engaged members of Parliament (MPs) who […]
The Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development, Lobin Lowe, has admitted that the viability of the smallholder-led agricultural transformation strategy in Malawi is facing several challenges. Lowe cited low productivity, dependence on rain-fed production systems with only one growing season, and limited use of irrigation as some of the impediments. The minister made the […]
An agriculture policy think-tank, Malawi Agriculture Policy Advancement and Transformation Agenda (MwAPATA) executive director, William Chadza, has said Malawi needs political if the country is to achieve meaningful transformation in the agriculture sector. MwAPATA Institute is an independent agricultural policy think tank, which formed in 2019 and is currently engaging the Government of Malawi, private sector, and civil society stakeholders […]
Malawi Agriculture Policy Advancement and Transformation Agenda (MwAPATA) Institute, an independent agricultural policy think tank formed in 2019, has officially been launched at a grand event that took place at Bingu International Convention Centre (BICC) in Lilongwe on Thursday. Speaking during the function, which was presided over by Minister of Agriculture Lobin Lowe, MwAPATA Board […]