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Dairy farmers given hope over prices

Jun 02, 2022 Malawi News Agency (MANA) 0 &

Minister of Agriculture, Lobin Lowe, says government will speed up the process of establishing a National Milk Marketing Board to control milk production and regulate minimum price for the product in the country. He disclosed… ...

Optichem hikes fertilizer prices

May 30, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

New prices Optichem (2000) Limited has increased prices of fertilizer effective on the 30th May, 2022, following the 25% devaluation of Kwacha that happened on the 27th May, 2020. According to communication Malawi24 has seen,… ...

Smallholder farmers bemoan lack of steady markets

May 29, 2022 Malawi News Agency (MANA) 0 &

Smallholder farmers at Mchenga Irrigation site in Balaka have complained of lack of steady markets for their horticultural products, saying they are forced to sell their products at low prices offered by buyers in the… ...

CAT promotes new farming technologies to farmers

May 14, 2022 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

Centre for Agricultural Transformation (CAT) is promoting new farming technologies to farmers and encouraging them to adopt the technologies in their own farms. The initiative started last year and in Lilongwe it's being implemented at… ...

JTI encourages growers to use live bans for tobacco farming

May 09, 2022 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Japan Tobacco International (JTl) Leaf Malawi Limited has encouraged its growers to plant more trees to expand and establish live ban base for tobacco farming in order to grow tobacco that is required on the… ...

Youths drilled in farming

May 05, 2022 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

A non-governmental organisation called “Conserve with Benefits” has trained youths in agricultural practices that are more resilient to climate change. The youths in this training are from Ukwe EPA, TA Kabudula in Lilongwe district. Speaking… ...

Stick to what works well for you, Chakwera tells farmers

Apr 30, 2022 Contributor* 1 &

President Lazarus Chakwera has told farmers in Mzimba to concentrate on and stick to the type of farming methods that work well for them in order to maximize their produce and generate profits. Chakwera gave… ...