Malawi Government has welcomed new evidence from the Hunger and Nutrition Commitment Index (HANCI) 2013 which ranks Malawi third in addressing under-nutrition and hunger. The new finding were shared in Lilongwe on Thursday during National Policy Dialogue on Hunger, Nutrition, and Climate Change organized by the Civil Society Agriculture Network (CISANET) and the Institute of Development Studies […]
United Independence Party (UIP) president Hellen Sighn has registered her concerns over remarks made by President Joyce Banda’s spin doctor Wakuda Kamanga on reports that people are not dying of hunger. Kamanga was reported on Galaxy FM that people should not be amused with the deaths report as it was reported in the Bible that […]
The Catholic Development Commission in Malawi (CADECOM), a relief and development arm of the Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM) has launched a campaign against hunger whose main goal is to reduce the number of hungry and malnourished people and poor people on all continents. Launching the campaign in Lilongwe , His Grace Archbishop Tarcizio Ziyaye of Lilongwe Archdiocese […]
About 32 Malawian students from Bunda College and Natural Resources College in Lilongwe have been offered scholarships to study crop and livestock production at Agrostudies Centre in Israel. The students, who were selected following a competitive process, according to Flora Kaluwile, National Coordinator for Presidential Initiative on Poverty and Hunger Reduction, left the country on […]
Malawian President Joyce Banda has again assured that no person will die of hunger in the wake of reported food shortages in the country, saying her administration will provide relief food. Banda , who faces elections next year, said Wednesday when presided over the official elevation ceremony of Chief Chiwalo of Phalombe who is now […]
Farmers in areas of senior chiefs Lukwa and Kaomba are all smiles as the government through Presidential Initiative on Poverty and Hunger Reduction (PIPaHR) has released funds close to MK 40 million to be used for purchasing soya beans produce. This comes amid discontent from some farmers who run out of patience accusing the initiative […]
President Joyce Banda has challenged Malawians to abandon the routine way of looking at things, begin to ask themselves tough questions and find complex answers to reasons why Malawi remains poor after 49 years of independence and self-rule. Banda said although macro-economic stability and appreciable economic growth has been achieved over the time she has […]
Farmers across the country are all smiles following President Dr. Joyce Banda’s drive to commercialize the agricultural sector by encouraging farmers to grow cash crops. Soon after taking oath of office the Malawi leader announced a series of reforms aimed at improving the country’s production sector by promoting legume crops that have a readily available […]