Development
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Boosting yields and incomes
Mwatitha Bulayinati, aged about 40, grows groundnuts, maize, soyabeans and other crops for a living. “Some of us have never…
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Needy students stuck in hell
Fredson Binda is the first person in a family of seven to make it to university. In 2019, he was…
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Improving access to clean water for good health
Like most women from James Kanono Village in Chiradzulu, Martha Meleka used to leave her home at 3am to get…
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Cry for inclusive schools
Like many Malawian children, Novious Phiri, 11, was happy to start schooling aged six. But he soon dropped out due…
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SCIENTISTS MOVE IN TO IMPROVE LIVESTOCK THROUGH ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION
Aubrey Mgala, an extension worker in Lilongwe rural is at a loss; he does not understand why chicken and goats…
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New search for cheap fertiliser
As fertiliser prices grow wings, scientists have recoiled to their laboratories to figure out more affordable, effective and sustainable alternatives.…
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Making systems child-friendly
Violence against children remains rampant in Malawi, but a nationwide study conducted in 2015 shows that less than one in…
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Floods signal bumper yields
It is a hot Saturday morning nearly a month after floods washed Fanny Mtopa’s knee-high maize crop into Mwanza River.…
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Making fish farming profitable
Fish can spur Malawi’s race to create one million jobs and enhance livelihoods. But fish farmers and cooperatives demand quality…
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Storm horror dials up calls for relief
Sarah Bakali, 31, agonises about the night she lost her four-year-old daughter, Abigail, to a devastating flood that flattened her…
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