Category: Agriculture

* Some farmers indicate that they did not sign contracts with contract buyers * Some contracts were in English, and used difficult legal language which the farmers could not understand * Specific prices for inputs were not indicated * Loans were in foreign currency (US$), not in local currency By Duncan Mlanjira Following up on its mandate, the Competition and Fair Trade Commission (CFTC) conducted inspections on contract farming in which it engaged over 60 farmers’ clubs across the…

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Chakwera and the First Lady viewing where the intake is to be rebuilt * Illovo Sugar Malawi also impresses the President in its planned investment to tap water from the canal * Through use of canal, Illovo Sugar is set to save on costs of power from ESCOM’s grid * The surplus power on ESCOM grid would be fully utilized for rest of Lower Shire communities * Over 48,400 households to benefit from the largest irrigation canal project in…

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The damage at Kapichira as captured in January * President Lazarus Chakwera directed that the lost 130 megawatts be restored at Kapichira by December * Restoration is in two phases; temporarily construction of the cofferdam around mouth of the damaged fuse plug * And as soon as power generation is restored, to reconstruct the whole dam structure with an improved design * The SVTP massive irrigation project is touted as the biggest of such in the Southern African region…

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Foot and Mouth disease is a highly contagious viral disease * Animal health experts are still on the ground with the exercise as well as to identify if more areas were affected * The disease was first clinically reported at Jombo, Chaonanjiwa and Mnthumba dip tanks * Preliminary investigation conducted by veterinary officials had then reported 49 clinical cases out of the affected 13 kraals By Duncan Mlanjira In the efforts to contain the outbreak of Foot and Mouth…

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* Agriculture Minister Lowe hails Standard Bank’s efforts in Agricultural Transformation Initiative * GGL Farm to be transferring knowledge and capacity to surrounding community farmers * And beyond so that everyone should benefit from the initiative, said Lowe By Leonard Masauli, MANA In its contribution towards the country’s initiative towards the promotion of agricultural transformation that will improve the country’s economy, Standard Bank has handed over two greenhouses to GGL Farm in Lumbadzi, Lilongwe. The farm is managed by…

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