FAO pledges continued support towards Malawi’s food security efforts
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has pledged continued support to the Government of Malawi in its drive to achieve lasting food security. FAO Representative...
Category : Agriculture
Govt shifts to buying maize locally
Government has reversed its maize import plans and will now prioritise buying from local medium and large-scale farmers to stock national grain reserves. Controller of...
New research hub to advance Malawi’s Agriculture
As Malawi’s 2063 agenda champions agricultural transformation aimed at shifting from subsistence, rain-fed farming to a commercialised, climate-resilient and diversified sector that enhances productivity, creates...
MNT congratulates President Mutharika, Vice-President Ansah
The Media Network on Tobacco (MNT) has extended its congratulations to President Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika and Vice-President Dr Jane Ansah on their victory in...
Mwale lifts Malawi’s flag at Africa Food Systems Forum 2025
Amid the bustle of Dakar, where Africa’s leading thinkers and practitioners in agriculture gathered for the Africa Food Systems Forum 2025 (AFSF25), one Malawian voice...
Rising from the Floods: Ang’ona Irrigation Scheme breathes again
Every morning, Mariam Issah, a 34-year-old mother of three, walks down a dusty footpath to a patch of green rice seedlings in Boadzulu, Mangochi. Just...
From fishing nets to green fields: Solar irrigation transforming lives in Mangochi, Zomba
The morning sun is now shining fiercely in Nyenyezi Village, Traditional Authority (T/A) Bwananyambi in Mangochi, but Alumbedye Imedi is still in the field, busy...
Nsanje chiefs call for inclusion in environmental policies
Chiefs and some other indigenous and local knowledge holders in the area of Traditional Authority Ngabu in Nsanje have called for inclusion in processes of...
ADMARC to import 200,000 tons of maize
Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (ADMARC) has announced plans to import 200,000 metric tons of maize to cushion Malawians against food shortages and rising prices...
CGIAR donates K513 million equipment to boost Malawi’s food security
The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) has urged researchers at Chitedze Agricultural Research Station to intensify efforts to help Malawi end hunger. CGIAR...