Malawi’s President, Peter Mutharika, said there will be no ‘sacred cows’” or ‘untouchables’ in his administration when it comes to fighting corruption. Mutharika, who was elected last month in a controversial election, delivered his first state-of-the-nation ....
Local administration and service provision are failing in Malawi. Overall human development indicators have improved in the past couple of decades (e.g. life expectancy and school enrolment). But social and service outcomes remain poor for most Malawians (e.g. school ....
On Sunday May 18, 2014 just two days before Malawians went to polls, the Malawi director of information asked me what I thought Joyce Banda's chances were to retain the presidency; after a few thoughtful ....
"I learned that leadership is about falling in love with the people and the people falling in love with you. It is about serving the people with selflessness, with sacrifice and with the need to ....
ON A plot next to the ultra-modern parliament building in Lilongwe is a shrine to Hastings Kamuzu Banda, who ruled Malawi for its first 33 years after independence from Britain. Baskets of flowers line the ....
For a decade, Malawi has been subsidising farm inputs. The policy is very popular in rural areas, but other things need to happen to boost agriculture in the long run. Whether the new government can ....
The Agriculture Green Revolution for Africa (AGRA) have introduced an e-farming platform that will integrate the value chain actors in the agriculture sector in the country and across Africa.AGRA market access programme officer Emma Kambewa ....
Tobacco sales have raked in over 13.3 million dollars since the market opened two weeks ago, against 6.8 million dollars the same period last year. Statistics from the Tobacco Control Commission (TCC) on the first ....
There has been a slight improvement on tobacco prices at the Limbe auction floors today. The leaf is now starting from US$0.90 than the US$0.85 offered on Wednesday. Contract tobacco producers have hailed the development ....
President Joyce Banda says her government is putting in place deliberate policies to attract tobacco cigarette manufacturing companies as a way of boosting the market for the crop. The President said by adding value to ....
This year’s tobacco growers registration exercise has attracted less farmers with the figures declining from last year’s 58 000, but the Tobacco Control Commission says this is a result of its initiative to remove the ....
The parliamentary agriculture committee has found that there is no maize in the government silos in the northern region. This means a number of families have been affected by hunger, confirming reports that over two ....
At least 94 exhibitors are expected to showcase their products at the 10th Agricultural Fair, which opens today in Blantyre. The fair is aimed at reducing the cost of doing business and promoting the exchange ....
Newly-appointed Minister of Agriculture James Munthali has said lack of innovativeness by players in the industry is retarding development of the sector. He said there are players who are promoting bad practices like failure to ....
Written by: US Commercial Services Malawi is one of the poorest nations on earth, with over 15 million inhabitants and a population growth rate estimated at approximately 2.8%.and a population growth rate estimated at approximately 2.8%. ....
[caption id="attachment_37891" align="aligncenter" width="460"] Malawi's membership of the G8's new alliance is a chance to 'accelerate investment in agriculture', says President Joyce Banda. Photograph: Gianluigi Guercia/AFP/Getty Images[/caption] Malawi's government has had to apply a painful ....
The business community is slowly responding to recent positives in the local economy, with latest being one of the major importers and suppliers of fertiliser in the country which has announced a 15 percent reduction ....
The tobacco market this year has so far been outperformed by last year’s market season in revenue terms, an indication that buyers are offering low prices for the country’s major cash earner. A recent update ....
Lately, 4 hundred main foods safety specialists coming from Thirty-five nations reported that entire world is establishing for that “perfect storm” of elevated foods require and diminishing provide. The result will likely be a destructive ....
[caption id="attachment_36470" align="alignleft" width="225"] Henry and Stephen speaking at the meeting[/caption]Arrive in Karonga on Wednesday after two days preparatory meetings in Lilongwe. There’s a lot of interest in rice these days and we discover that ....
After graduating from the Monterey Institute of International Studies in December 2011, Catherine moved to Malawi to work at the Kusamala Institute of Agriculture and Ecology. From an environmental perspective, we often look at permaculture as a holistic agricultural method ....