Malawi gender reforms earn World Bank kudos
The World Bank has singled out Malawi as a top performer in gender equality as revealed by the 2019 World...
Agribusiness: the future of farming
For 56-year-old Agnes Soko, agriculture has not only offered a path out of poverty and hunger, but an improved livelihood...
‘Climate change requires immediate action’
From 6th to 17th November, 2017, Malawi will participate, together with over 196 Governments, at the 23rd Session of the...
Enabling low-income households to manage untimely deaths
The 135 000 membership of the Comsip Cooperative Union that save and invest their income in rural and...
Malawi shares climate smart agriculture best practices in Morocco
Malawi was the centre of attraction on Wednesday evening at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Marrakech, Morocco as...
Malawi participates in Gender Day
Malawi participated in the Gender Day Annual Breakfast meeting that was attended by former Irish President Dr Mary Robinson, an...
Malawi pleads for support to enhance resilience on disrupted sectors
Malawi, which has been ranked the 3rd most vulnerable country to climate risk, has asked for support in form...
Ban challenges world leaders to protect planet earth
UN Secretary General Ban Kii Moon has challenged world leaders to live up to their responsibility to future generations by...
Report raises red flag on Malawi climate vulnerability
As more than 190 countries are meeting in Marrakech, Morocco for the UN Climate Change Conference a new report...
Malawi develops Right to Food, Nutrition Bill
Government through the Department of Nutrition in liaison with civil society organisations (CSOs) has developed a framework law, the Food...
Development partners push for functioning agriculture produce markets
Development partners supporting the agriculture sector in Malawi have urged Government to abandon export bans and unpredictable market interventions...
Kasamba CCAP hosts partners from Mid-Argyll churches in Scotland
The Kasamba Church in Lilongwe of the CCAP Synod of Livingstonia is hosting a team of five personnel from...
No easy walk for rice farmers in absence of infrastructure
Jayson Phiri, treasurer for Msenjere Rice Growers Association in Nkhotakota, talks with enthusiasm and vigour, quoting feats of the association...
Staggering behind climate change
Climate change is bringing new challenges and, of course, new solutions but uptake of these solutions, as EMMANUEL MUWAMBA writes,...
CSOs conduct training in right to food
Civil society organisations under the umbrella of the Right to Food platform last week conducted a Right to Food...
Poor storage facilities a ‘thorn’ for pea farmers
Malawi is one of the major pigeon pea producing countries in Africa. A 2012 Kenyan Horticulture Competiveness Project (KHCP) report...
Limited access to markets stifling Irish potato production
Irish potato farming in Malawi is helping smallholder farmers feed their families and boost their incomes by supplying to local...
Low funding to Green Belt Initiative worries Cisanet
Civil Society Agriculture Network (Cisanet) has expressed shock at the low levels of funding to the Green Belt Initiative (GBI),...
‘Malawi honey council could promote market linkages’
Bee-keeping, also known as apiculture, is the art or business of managing honey bees for the purpose of producing honey,...
Malawi farmers panic to access quality groundnuts, soybean seed
Groundnuts is one of the country's high value crops The rains are almost here. The onset...
