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CAT embarks on initiative to teach farmers soil amendment

Apr 09, 2023 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

The Centre for Agricultural Transformation (CAT) has embarked on an initiative aimed at teaching farmers how they can amend soil to improve soil fertility and maximize productivity. Speaking in Lilongwe at CAT annual field day… ...

WFP Malawi, Pula Advisors welcome US govt $7billion Climate Action funding

Apr 06, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Floods induced by Cyclone Freddy have damaged crop fields in Malawi Agritech startup Pula Advisors is among the 24 organisations that have joined United States President Joe Biden’s $7 billion private sector programmes to fight… ...

Community Energy Malawi electrifies rural areas in Balaka

Apr 06, 2023 Macdonald Kaleso 0 &

For decades, people in the area of Sub-Traditional Authority Chakanza, a very remote area in Balaka District in Southern Malawi, have had to walk long distances in order to access basic services that require electricity… ...

JTI launches Mlimi Wozitsata Ayiphule promotion

Apr 04, 2023 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Japan Tobacco International (JTI) Leaf Malawi has launched a promotion called Mlimi Wozitsata Ayiphule for its contracted growers at its offices in Lilongwe. The promotion runs from April 12, the day tobacco markets will officially… ...

NGO empowers youths in agri-business

Mar 15, 2023 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

A non-govermental organisation called Conserve with Benefits is empowering youths at Traditional Authority Kabudula in Lilongwe district in agri-business. The NGO started the initiative in 2021 and right now youths around that area are doing… ...

Aquaculture cooperatives set to benefit from SFAD–WM project

Mar 09, 2023 Kenneth Mkandawire 0 &

Aquaculture Cooperatives in the country are set to receive seven refrigerated trucks and one non-refrigerated truck worth MK50 Million on a five year term loan agreement in a bid to promote the cooperative's transportation logistics… ...

We have established two megafarms – Chakwera

Feb 17, 2023 Martha Chikoti 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera says his administration has established two megafarms and other megafarms have also been established by the Malawi Prison Services and the Malawi Defence Force. Chakwera said this during today's State of the… ...