Malawi to register high wheat and sesame production
Malawi is projected to register an increase in production of non-traditional crops this year. According to the recently released first round crop estimates report, crops...
Category : Agriculture
Government plans to allocate 200,000 hectares for irrigation farming
Minister of Agriculture Sam Kawale has announced the government’s intention to allocate approximately 200,000 hectares of land for irrigation purposes. Kawale made the remarks during...
UN Economic Commission for Africa touts Irrigation
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UN-ECA) has reemphasized the need for African countries including Malawi to maximise investments in irrigation. The call comes...
We can feed ourselves through Irrigation farming-GBA
Malawi possesses the potential to produce food consistently throughout the year via irrigation farming, according to Wester Kosamu, Chairperson of the Greenbelt Authority. He was...
ILLOVO hands over scheme to community
There is a sigh of relief from over 300 farming households in 13 villages under the area of Paramount Chief Lundu in Chikwawa District as...
All set for launch of LIMS, MBRS
President Dr Lazarus Chakwera will this morning officially launch Ministry of Lands’ Land Information Management System (LIMS) and Ministry of Trade’s Malawi Business Registration System...
First-round crop estimates show slight increase in maize production
Image: Farmers Review Africa The Ministry of Agriculture has released the first round of crop estimates for the current growing season estimating a slight increase...
Utilise irrigation to contain drought-induced hunger – Agriculturalist
In the face of hunger that has affected some parts of the country, Agriculturists have tipped farmers in Dedza North–West to adopt irrigation farming. This,...
Boma lakhazikitsa ntchito yogawa ufa kwa mabanja omwe akhudzidwa ndi njala
Boma lakhazitsa ntchito yopeleka ufa kwa mabanja omwe akhudzidwa ndi njala yomwe yadza kaamba ka ng’amba yomwe yakhudza maboma ambiri m’dziko muno. Polankhula pa mwambo...
Government launches distribution of maize flour in Dowa
Government through the Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA) has launched distribution of maize flour in Traditional Authority Msakambewa in Dowa. Speaking on the sidelines...