Category: Agriculture

* Project Coordinator Dr. Stanley Khaila reported that the project is making very good progress * At the moment, a climate resilient cofferdam is being constructed which is at 146m above the sea level * The target is to increase it to 148m above the sea level By Duncan Mlanjira Cumulatively, 24,304 members of 12,055 men and 12,249 women have been trained on agricultural cooperative member education on commercial farming by Shire Valley Transformation Programme as construction of the…

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Kawale with TA Ndamera at Nkulowamitete Scheme and with MP Ganda at Tiyanjane  * Agriculture is crucial to the economic growth of our country—Nsanje Lalanje MP Gladys Ganda * It is enshrined in the MW2063 national vision, under the Pillar 1 of Agricultural Productivity & Commercialization * This is impressive and if extended throughout our communities, the Shire Valley alone can supply food for the whole country By Duncan Mlanjira Despite challenges that kept affecting their irrigation farming due…

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* ADMARC should be fully commercialized to be jointly managed with the private sector * Malawi should have its own mining company in strong alliance with the private sector * The defunct MDC needs to resuscitated for it to trail-braze investments in all strategic sectors of the economy * So that a diversified economy would be built that will be resilient in times of exogenous shocks By Duncan Mlanjira For ‘Inclusive Wealth Creation and Self Reliance that is enshrined…

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By Chifipa Mhango, Don Consultancy Group Chief Economist JOHANNESBURG, 13th June, 2023–The Minister of Agriculture of Malawi, Hon. Sam Kawale’s explanation on the fertilizer procurement deal with a Romanian company has left us saddened, as it also reflects governance challenges on the part of Malawi Government.   I would like to remind my fellow countrymen the following: “The destiny of any country in a democratic depensation cannot be left in our man nor woman alone; nor a grouping of…

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* This is a community founded initiative that is taking advantage of a small seed funding * To create more value in form of more productivity, more products, more livelihoods and a very ambitious business plan By Susan Hara, MANA The success story of ACADES — an agricultural producer organisation that received financial support from the Agricultural Commercialisation (AGCOM) — has impressed a visiting World Bank delegation, led by Managing Director of Operations, Anna Bjerde. AGCOM is funded by…

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