FAO Malawi, USAID and Malawi Government launch initiative to strengthen Animal Health system, Prevent Zoonotic Diseases and combat antimicrobial resistance. The Food and Agriculture Organization, through its Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases program, marked a significant milestone with the launch of the “Enhancing Animal Health&One Health Capacities to Mitigate Zoonotic Diseases and Antimicrobial Resistance Risks&Threats” project ...

Malawi’s Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP), an initiative to provide agricultural inputs to farmers, has seen significant progress, with 87.4% of the targeted 1.5 million beneficiaries having received aid. This announcement came from the country’s Agriculture Minister, Sam Kawale, who attributed the success of the program to the government’s relentless efforts in addressing the issues raised ...

Cyclone Freddy’s destruction in Malawi last year was a stark reminder that Africa’s smallholder farmers are a vulnerable lot. The tropical cyclone’s impacts were devastating for farmers in a country that ranks among the poorest in the world. More than 2 million farmers lost their crops after Freddy destroyed 440,000 acres of land; over 1.4 million livestock were ...

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) approved the Country Strategy Paper (CSP) 2023-2028 for Malawi on 16 November 2023. The strategy focuses on two priority areas: improving economic infrastructure to develop the industrial sector by investing in energy, transport, water, sanitation, and hygiene, and supporting economic diversification through investments in ...

  Revenue decreased by 14% to R10.4 billion Operating profit decreased by 15% to R684 million Headline earnings per share decreased by 4% to 295 cents Robust financial position with an increase in net cash of over 100% to R1.6 billion Net asset value increased to R10.3 billion Strong growth in volumes in Agriculture and ...

BLANTYRE, MALAWI — Malawi has made its first successful large-scale harvest of wheat after years of attempts to find a variety of grain suitable for its soil. Wheat farming is seen as a solution to mitigate the impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict on grain imports to the African continent. Ronald Ngwira, chief executive officer of Malawi-registered ...

Agriculture Minister Sam Kawale MP President Dr Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera has extensively discussed with Afrexim Bank on mega farms funding, the Tonse Alliance flagship campaign promise which is expected to create more jobs in the agricultural sector. Minister of Agriculture Sam Kawale who attended the meeting, has confirmed that cabinet ministers and other high ranking ...

Accelerated delivery with a difference is underway in Malawi, Tanzania, and Zambia to ensure access to stress-tolerant seeds for underserved farmers in remote areas. Supported by USAID, the Accelerated Innovation Delivery Initiative (AID-I) project brings public-private and civil society together to address the impacts of climate change, pests and diseases, and food shocks on maize ...

By Duncan Mlanjira In its 10-day weather and agrometeorological bulletin, the Department of Climate Change & Meteorological Services reports that during the period of February 11-20, the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), oscillated over Malawi — “resulting in scattered rainfall activities which were heavy at times, particularly over southern areas with generally warm to hot temperature ...

By Ezra Mtimuni Malawi’s leading home-grown financial institution, FDH Bank Plc has given Farmers Union of Malawi (FUM) 11, 000 seedlings to support their tree planting activities within farmer groups. Speaking during the symbolic handover ceremony in Lilongwe Tuesday, the Bank’s head of corporate and institutional banking, Mary Jussab said they committed to plant one ...