Category: Agriculture

* The farmer are limited to put more hives for their business as the forest which they use has few trees * We are experiencing some problems in bee keeping as there are few trees to put bee hives on By Chisomo Kambandanga, MANA Beekeeping groups under Transforming Agriculture through Diversification and Entrepreneurship (TRADE) program in the area of Senior Chief Fukamapiri in NKhata Bay District, have embarked on preparation for tree-seedlings for the next forestry season, saying forests…

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* A staggering 5,080 bales containing contaminated tobacco were confiscated during the 2024 selling season * Nesting is a serious problem that compromises the integrity of our tobacco industry and hurts our economy By Patience Kapinda, MANA The Tobacco Commission of Malawi has launched a crackdown on the illicit practice of ‘nesting’ where unscrupulous tobacco sellers conceal inferior products or objects within bundles to deceive buyers. According to Tobacco Commission public relations officer, Telephorus Chigwenembe, a staggering 5,080 bales…

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* Some forests suffered greatly at our merciless hands as we were into serious charcoal burning and selling * I paid my academic tuition fees using money made from burning charcoal and selling—successful bee-keeping farmer Feature by Joel Phiri, MANA When Blasco Nkhata, 51, of John Chumia Village in Traditional Authority (T/A) Kabunduli in Nkhata Bay decided to call it time on his borehole drilling business in 2012 in Salima, he decided to go back home to occupy the…

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* My family has three fish ponds and our annual harvest stands at 360 kgs of fish, sold at K5,000 per kilogramme translating into K1.8 million per year * This money has enabled us to buy settlement land, build a decent home and pay for our children’s education By Yamikani Yapuwa In the Serene Village of Maonga in Sub-Traditional Authority (STA) Mlenga in Thyolo District, farmers under Msuwadzi catchment are quietly revolutionising sustainable farming through agronomics and sustainable land…

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* Project has three main components — land restoration cover, watershed services and technical support to farmers * Farmers are able to practice modern conservational agriculture, while others were getting financial grants * That will enable them to venture into agribusinesses such as piggery, beekeeping and fish farming By Andrew Phiri, MANA Farmers along the Shire River basin in Balaka District have expressed optimism that the adoption of land restoration and forest conservation practices under Malawi Watershed Services Improvement…

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* Anchor farmers, aggregators and SMEs play a vital role in consolidating production and ensuring quality * Ministry of Trade & Industry’s vision is to expand trade at both local and international levels * And to achieve this, the country needs to produce and add value through various manufacturing processes By Duncan Mlanjira Small & medium enterprise (SME) agri-business players in the Southern Region, have expressed their enthusiasm towards government’s consideration for them to benefit from the Malawi Food…

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