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Admarc and smallholder farmers’ development in Malawi
Admarc is better placed to help the development and transformation of the smallholder subsector, probably than any other institution. But…
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‘We are still insecure’
Being a person with albinism leaves you under siege everywhere you go, says Ethel Mazanjo, 28. The young woman, from…
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What stresses HIV+children?
Call him Ungweru to conceal his identity because the young man has been living with HIV for the past 12…
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Walking for disability rights
A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step, so goes the saying. Brazilian social activist José Geraldo de…
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Which way? Federal, Rotational or Proportional?
Harriet Nyondo of Mwenechendo under Traditional Authority (T/A) Mwabulambia in Chitipa, who on October 21 2016 gave birth to her…
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Admarc and the smallholder farmer in Malawi
The Agriculture Development and Marketing Corporation (Admarc) is probably the most revered institution in the agriculture sector in Malawi among…
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Entrepreneur aids top school
Last year, teachers and learners at Natiswe Primary School in Dedza District showed the nation what they can do with…
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Replenishing trees on farm
A decade ago, Telezina Mofolo, 65, from Traditional Authority Bvumbwe in Thyolo, hardly yielded enough food to nourish her family…
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Valuing irrigable land
When severe floods hit almost one million people in Malawi 11 months ago, Martha Moyo lost her flourishing rice crop…
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Two decades of sharing skills
Growing up in Mwambali Village in Karonga District, Samola Tembo was just an ordinary young man. Having scored unimpressive grades…
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Dehumanising face of hunger
For six years, President Peter Mutharika has been promising Malawians that “no one will die of hunger.” But Stelia Nyadani…
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‘Hunger kills softly’
Hunger is a silent killer which drastically weakens the body’s defence and opens the way for big killers such as…
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Women harness climate science
Women in Malawi are breaking gender barriers to take on meaningful roles in science and technology. After years of marginalisation,…
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Planning energy investments: Lessons from Malawi
Whole-system energy investment planning shows how countries like Malawi can reach Sustainable Energy for All goals at a lower cost,…
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Campaigners celebrate victory
Civil society activists and opposition supporters are celebrating after the Constitutional Court in Lilongwe on Monday invalidated the May 2019…
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Observers’ shameful role
All five High Court judges sitting as the constitutional court in Lilongwe ordered that fresh elections be held within 150…
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Women own fish factories
In Mangochi town along the southern shoreline of Lake Malawi, enterprising women are steadily mobilising themselves into fish processing groups…
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Women own fish factories
In Mangochi town along the southern shoreline of Lake Malawi, enterprising women are steadily mobilising themselves into fish processing groups…
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No better place like home
Before Maliko Patrick’s birth seven years ago, her mother suffered a mental illness which put him at risk. As the…
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Giving teen mothers second chance
On September 16 2019 four teen girls arrived at Masambanjati Primary School in Thyolo South—two years after they dropped out…
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