Civil Society Agriculture Network (CISANET) has a new National Director with effect from 19th April, 2017, and she is Pamela Kuwali. According to a statement released on 20th April, 2017, Kuwali replaces Tamani Nkhono-Mvula who has successfully worked as National Director for the organisation for the past five years. Kuwali is a development practitioner by […]
It is pleasing to note that the development of the new medium term development strategy to replace the MGDS II is near completion. It is at the same time disappointing that this process has taken too long that now almost two years after the expiry of the MGDS II, we still do not have the […]
An agricultuire non governmental organisation has highly welcomed the reforms in the farm input subsidised programme (FISP) which has seen unprecedented reduction from K60 billion to K30 billion. Civil Society Agriculture Network (Cisanet) executive director Tamani Nkhono Mvula also welcomed the K198.5 billion lion’s share to the ministry of Agriculture, saying this will revolutionise the […]
Civil Society Agriculture Network (Cisanet) has commended the Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (Admarc) for setting aside funds for the procurement of 150,000 metric tonnes of maize locally, saying the move will save the country the much needed forex. Malawi is about to experience food drought as a result of the dry spell which weather […]
Civil Society Agricultural Network (CISANET) research has revealed price of maize in the informal market such as vendors has hiked sharply now selling a 50 Kg bag at K17, 000 as the country’s staple food continues to be in demand. Malawi is facing a food shortage owing to a 30 percent drop in harvest for […]
The Civil Society Agriculture Network (CISANET), a policy advocacy organisation working on agriculture and food security policy issues, has announced that its 2015 National Conference will focus on science and technology for agriculture development. CISANET National Director Tamani Nkhono-Mvula in a statement said the National Conference and Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on […]
The Civil Society Agriculture Network (CISANET) has cautioned against politicizing the calamity Malawians are going due to the floods that has not spared any district in the country. “CISANET hopes that as food will be distributed to the affected households, the people’s right to food will be respected in that food distribution will not be […]
The Civil Society Agriculture Network (CISANET) has urged stakeholders in the agriculture sector to plan ahead for the short to medium term measures that could help avert hunger in the flood plagued areas as people lost the means to produce. CISANET National Director Tamani Nkhono-Mvula in a statement released Friday said the floods also took […]
Malawi has a wide range of well-formulated, well-intended policies and strategies but it has no overarching framework law to articulate rights and obligations to create an environment to facilitate the attainment of the Right to Food. The absence of the overarching framework law is singled out as challenge towards the implementation of the Right to […]
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 […]
The Civil Society Agriculture Network (CISANET) has expressed concern with the state of affairs in the agriculture sector saying it is disheartening to note that the problem of hunger is ever increasing. CISANET board chairperson Willie Kalamula on Wednesday observed that over the past 50 years Malawi has seen a lot of changes taking place […]
The Civil Society Agriculture Network (CISANET) will hold a two day National Conference whose theme is Malawi Agriculture at 50: Towards a Common Vision for the Next 50 years. CISANET is a policy advocacy organisation, working on agriculture and food security policy issues, affecting not only the smallholder farmers but generally the poor people and […]