Category: Agriculture

* Over 50,000 metric tonnes of cotton is needed annually to meet local manufacturing and value addition demand * While the demand on the export market is in excess of 200,000 metric tonnes—Minister Kawale By Moses Nyirenda, MANA Minister of Agriculture, Sam Kawale, says on the domestic scene, over 50,000 metric tonnes of cotton is needed annually to meet local manufacturing and value addition demand while on the export market, it is in excess of 200,000 metric tonnes. Thus…

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Chakwera at his meeting with chairperson for AGRA, Hailemariam Desalegn Boshe * Need for Malawi to depart from rain fed agriculture to irrigation in order to respond to climate change shocks * Our work is to have a sustainable production system given the climate change calamities and vulnerabilities By Patricia Kapulula in Nairobi, Kenya Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has pumped in US$45 million to help in promoting agricultural productivity, soil health, use of fertilizer and…

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* AARG is a consortium actively involved in rail infrastructure and agriculture projects * This is a company with familiarity of the African terrain having been involved with the Lobito Rail Project * Which aims at accelerating cross-border trade and promote regional integration in SADC By Duncan Mlanjira On the sidelines of the 2024 US-Africa Business Summit in Texas, USA, President Lazarus Chakwera had an engagement with All-American Rail Group (AARG), a consortium actively involved in rail infrastructure and…

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* Smallholder farmers promote the country’s efforts in ensuring food security * The partnership between Norwegian government and NASFAM started in 2000 By George Mponda, MANA The Royal Norwegian Embassy Ambassador to Malawi, Ingrid Marie Mikelsen has urged smallholder farmers that they should add value to their farm produce to attract more revenue on the market. She said this on Tuesday when she inspected a rice milling plant for Kaporo Smallholder Farmers’ Association (KASFA), which is under National Smallholder…

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* He urged investors to consider mega-farms instead of subsistence farming if they want to invest in agriculture * Citing Malawi’s abundant resources such as valleys and beautiful landscapes Malawi News Agency in Texas, USA Addressing a Malawi-Texas business roundtable discussion aimed at courting possible partnerships and investments in various sectors, particularly those that align with the agriculture, tourism & mining (ATM) strategy, President Lazarus Chakwera urged prospective investors to consider injecting meaningful investments rather than exploitation. Chakwera assured…

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* However, the cyclones came before the contractor had gone far with the project * A lot of streams were developed by the cyclones and rivers changed directions * Which has forced us to raise the railway design and also to construct additional bridges that were not on the first design By Robert Nayeja Government has justified the delays over the construction of Bangula-Marka railway line, saying the back-to-back cyclones — Ana in 2022 and Freddy in 2023 —…

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* Zanyengo App https://apkcombo.com/malawi-zanyengo-app/xdk.intel.zanyengoApp/ to be available for downloading on online Playstore * Bad weather is becoming a norm and there is need for the public to access updates technologically * Innovation to continue by adding SMS updates through mobile phone service providers By Duncan Mlanjira As bad weather is becoming a norm whose effects have greatly impacted the country social and economic livelihood, the Ministry of Natural Resources — through the Department of Climate Change & Meteorological Services…

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* The project is expected to open up a lot of business opportunities in the district once completed—District Commissioner * Chief Ndenguma appeals to communities to take ownership of the project and refrain from theft of construction materials MANA Nsanje District Commissioner Dominic Mwandira has expressed satisfaction with the progress of the Bangula-Marka railway construction project, describing it as good development as people in the district were expecting to have project completed on time. “The project is expected to…

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