TC gets tough on nested tobacco
The Tobacco Commission (TC) says it has tightened measures to curb fraudulent practices in tobacco sales, warning that farmers who deliberately stuff bales with non-tobacco...
Category : Agriculture
Kawale launches distribution of relief maize
Minister of Agriculture, Sam Kawale, on Wednesday presided over the distribution of relief maize under the 2024/2025 lean period at Chimbiya Primary School ground at...
Government determined to end hunger
Minister of Agriculture, Sam Kawale says the government is determined to end hunger. Speaking at Chimbiya Primary School in Zomba during the joint celebration of...
NASFAM reports increase in Mchinji youth’s participation in commercial agriculture
National Smallholder Farmers’ Association of Malawi (NASFAM) has reported a staggering 250% increase in youth participation in commercial farming this year in Mchinji district. As...
Maize prices drop in September
Maize prices dropped to K790 per kilogramme last month from K796 per kilogramme in August this year, signaling the impact of the opening of Admarc...
‘Avoidable air pollution-induced deaths must trigger action’
Household air pollution is globally killing 3.2 million people every year, a development Oxfam Malawi says should spring countries like Malawi, where reliance on fuel-wood...
K2.5 billion for farm inputs saved through AFAP
Government has applauded the Africa Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP) for helping Nachisaka EPA Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLA) in Dowa save K2.5 billion...
Nkhate Irrigation scheme farmers tip Neno farmers to treat farming as a business
Farmers from Nkhate Irrigation Scheme in Chikwawa have encouraged their counterparts at Tsenjerani Irrigation Scheme in Neno to approach farming as a business in order...
1150 metric tons of rice from India arrives in Malawi
A total of 38 containers containing about 1150 metric tonnes of rice from India to Nacala port have arrived at Kanengo Railway Station in Lilongwe....
Zomba farmers on a learning visit in Nkhotakota
Over 45 irrigation farmers from Zomba are on a learning visit in Nkhotakota where they are expected to learn about scheme management, financial management and...