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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,… ...

Scientists say Malawi can achieve food security using biotechnology

Oct 03, 2022 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Scientists in the agriculture sector says Malawi can easily achieve its food security dreams if the science of using biological systems or living organisms to create or modify agricultural products such as genetically modified crops… ...

Women receive bee-keeping training, beehives in Mzimba

Sep 25, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

By Sopani Ng’ambi Thirty women have been trained in bee-keeping and have received beehives at Mtende in Mzimba North as one way of empowering them economically. Citizen Impact Organization (CIO) Field Officer, Wisdom Moyo, said… ...

Electricity blackouts frustrate family’s dairy farming business

Sep 11, 2022 Raphael Banda 0 &

Ntawila family from Makungula Village, Traditional Authority Nkagula in Zomba say electricity blackouts have greatly affected their dairy and poultry farming businesses. Gloria and Lovemore Ntawila told Malawi 24 that they started daily farming in… ...

EIB, First Capital Bank launch K25 billion agriculture investment scheme

Sep 10, 2022 Martha Chikoti 0 &

European Investment Bank (EIB) has partnered with First Capital Bank for a K25 billion agriculture investment scheme which will enable small scale farmers to have access to loans with the aim of accelerating agriculture investment… ...

Communities in Nkhata Bay narrate benefits of sustainable fishing

Aug 06, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Communities in Nkhata Bay say they have managed to deal with human activities that were leading to reduction of fish in Lake Malawi and have now noticed changes in availability of fish in the lake.… ...