Category: Agriculture

* 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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Gowera (2nd left) and fellow TNM staff present a cow to one of the beneficiaries  * Mudziwathu initiative is a quest to develop communities and grow local economies using a portion of proceeds from TNM’s revenues  * Through it, the company has enhanced community development, promoted job creation, and improved mobile phone penetration Maravi Express The country’s pioneer mobile network and ICT services provider, TNM Plc has launched implementation of community projects worth K318 million nationwide under the Mudziwathu…

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