Month: December 2022 Posts

100,000 smallholder farmers to benefit from digital plant health service in Malawi

Dec 14, 2022 Russell Kondowe 0 &

The Malawi Digital Plant Health Service (MaDiPHS) project is set to benefit over 100,000 smallholder farmers through creation of a decision support system which will help farmers incorporate an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approach to… ...

Government contributing K50,000 per fertilizer bag under AIP – Kawale

Nov 17, 2022 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

Minister of Agriculture Sam Kawale says Government, which has received over 70,000 metric tonnes of donated fertilizer, is contributing K50,000 per 50 kilogram bag of fertilizer under the Affordable Inputs Program (AIP) hence farmers are… ...

Farmers want to be allowed to get fertilizer on loan from tobacco companies

Oct 31, 2022 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Chihana (C) and Kakhome (L) at Madise Health Centre Farmers in Mzimba have asked Parliament to amend the Tobacco Act to allow tobacco companies to provide loans to tobacco farmers for production of crops such… ...

Youths trained in climate resilient agricultural techniques

Oct 26, 2022 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

A non-governmental organization called "Conserve with Benefits" has trained young farmers at Kabudula in Lilongwe in agricultural practices that are more resilient to climate change. The youths have been trained in different agricultural techniques like… ...

Farmer groups to start getting MWASIP grants this month

Oct 25, 2022 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Two hundred farmer groups who are the beneficiaries of US$160 million Malawi Watershed Services Improvement Project (MWASIP) will from this month end start getting World Bank's matching grants. This is according to MWASIP technical team… ...

Malawi scholars in US for agricultural diversification information exchange

Oct 08, 2022 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

Fifteen Malawian postgraduate scholars have participated in an information exchange program to share key learnings from their studies and gain insights from experts and students at the North Carolina State University’s College of Agriculture and… ...

Farmers urged to use fertilizer made from human urine

Oct 07, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

By Michael Chiotcha Farmers have been advised to grow crops using ‘Bionitrate’, fertilizer made locally using human urine. ‘Bionitrate’ is a Malawian fertilizer, recycled from human urine, and it is a rich source of Nitrogen,… ...