Agribusiness / Food in Malawi
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ETHIOPIA, 2014/12/29
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Africa Regional Office has developed three Regional Initiatives (RI) aimed at speeding up efforts against food insecurity and malnutrition in Africa, with four nations inclunding Angola, as pilot nations.
According to a statement from the FAO regional office, made available to PANA here, the three other nations on the Regional Initiative to End Hunger in Africa by 2025 are Ethiopia, Malawi and Niger.
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MALAWI, 2013/08/15
Buoyed by the availability of milk market in Traditional Authority (T/A) Nkalo in Chiradzulu, Ngumba, Nkalo and Sakwata Village Development Committees (VDCs) have bought dairy cows to distribute to farmers to embark on dairy production.
Nkalo and Ngumba VDCs have by presently bought and distributed 20 dairy cows to the targeted beneficiaries while Sakwata VDC has set aside K1.5 million for the same purpose.
The VDCs which were economically empowered by Rural Livelihoods Support Programme (RLSP) accumulated the money to venture into dairy farming through the sale of the maize which they get from farmers who get loan from the VDCs.
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MALAWI, 2013/06/11
Government has warned to transaction with illegal vendors buying agricultural produce from farmers; Minister of Data, Moses Kunkuyu issued the warning on Thursday.
The warning follows the influx of illegal traders who are buying variety of crops in some districts of the country without proper documents.
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MALAWI, 2012/12/09
Once again Malawi finds itself in a tight spot. A food crisis set off by erratic rains, rising food prices and economic hardships is slowly unfolding. For the first time in several years, the country’s ability to feed its citizens is at risk. Sadly and unexpectedly, Malawi has lost its hard-earned status as an agricultural success story – it used to produce enough maize for its people to eat and still provide a surplus to neighbours. A lot of are now wondering what went wrong and whether there could be lessons for other African countries.
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MALAWI, 2012/08/29
Fruits and vegetables contain magic and power of transforming women relying on their husbands on everything including bringing food on the table into breadwinners. To prove it, one just has to visit Magomero in Chiradzuru about 40 Km from Malawi's commercial city, Blantyre in the south. Here one meets Magomero Food Processing Enterprise (MFPE), a 10-member women group established in 2002 and learns on how price addition on fruits and vegetables transformed them from just housewives into breadwinners.
