Farmers Archives

Govt asks Tobacco buyers to offer good prices

Mar 12, 2022 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Government has asked tobacco buyers to offer farmers good prices in this year's tobacco marketing season, saying farmers have suffered for a long time due to low prices. The plea was made by the Minister… ...

Man fined K70,000 for damaging mother in-law’s crops

Mar 04, 2022 Martha Chikoti 0 &

The Dowa Third Grade Magistrate's Court has ordered a 25-year-old man to pay a fine of K70,000 or in default serve 18 months in prison with hard labour for damaging maize crops belonging to his… ...

AGRA tips smallholder famers on groundnut farming

Mar 02, 2022 Chris Loka 0 &

Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has encouraged smallholder farmers in the area of senior chief Mkwinda in Lilongwe to embrace new agriculture technologies if they are to benefit from their groundnut farming.… ...

AGRA commits to champion agriculture commercialization in vision 2063

Feb 25, 2022 Chris Loka 0 &

In a bid to complement government efforts in achieving some of the goals in vision 2063, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has reaffirmed the commitment to help the agriculture sector in advancing… ...

Malawi livestock development policy launched

Jan 21, 2022 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Minister of Agriculture Lobin Lowe says his ministry wants to transform the livestock sector to effectively contribute to agricultural outputs for improved household livelihood, economic growth and export. Lowe made the statement on Thursday at… ...

Chakwera intervenes over stalled projects

Jan 11, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera today showed up at his office at Capital Hill in Lilongwe where he intervened over two multi-billion kwacha projects which are expected to create over 2,000 jobs. This morning, the president was… ...

35,000 households affected by armyworms in Thyolo

Jan 04, 2022 Contributor* 0 &

Armyworms have hit crops belonging to 35,000 farming households from six Extension Planning Areas (EPAs) in Thyolo district. In an interview with Malawi News Agency (MANA) on Tuesday, Thyolo District Chief Agriculture Officer, Miriam Ndhlovu,… ...