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Recently, Russia’s ambassador to Malawi said he hopes African leaders will call for an end to the international sanctions against Moscow at an upcoming Russia- Africa summit. Nikolai Krasilnikov made the comment when Russia handed over 20 000 tonnes of fertiliser to Malawi. An analyst says Russia is likely trying to win diplomatic support for

Former president Joyce Banda has expressed satisfaction with the outlook of maize crop cultivated under Community Development Initiative she established in 2021 in consultation with President Lazarus Chakwera. Speaking on Monday when she toured farms in Traditional Authority (T/A) Mnyanja in Kasungu District, she said it was important to help Malawians to become food-secure. Banda

More than 600 people have been killed by Cyclone Freddy, which washed away homes, roads and crops in Southern Malawi last month. Grace Joseph’s maize looked good until the longest-lasting cyclone struck again with more devastating effect than its first touchdown in February. About 659 000 people have been displaced in the 13 districts. “As

Police have launched an investigation into a case in which a 20-year-old girl was allegedly forced to offer sex to buy Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP) fertiliser at Mkanda SFFRFM depot in Mchinji. National police spokesperson Peter Kalaya could not be reached for comment at press time yesterday, but last week he urged the girl to

The average price of maize is slowly easing with freshly harvested maize coming onto the market, particularly in the Southern Region as transport links severed by Tropical Cyclone Freddy are being restored. But Consumers Association of Malawi (Cama) yesterday feared the low prices will be short-lived due to several factors. A Business News snap survey

Without using chemical fertiliser, Jenipher Phiri, 49, of Kauzegalu Village in Kasungu District used to toil in vain in her barren crop field. She recalls: “Even with favourable rainfall, all the hard work yielded nothing because I couldn’t afford chemical fertiliser.” Most land in Malawi is degraded, making it hard for 80 percent of the

As hunger continue to hit hard some communities across the country, 22 senior citizens from Senior Group Songa 1, Traditional Authority Mtonda in Mang...

Forex Challenge Affecting Importation of Pesticides and Storage Facilities

Minister of Agriculture Sam Kawale has encouraged farmers in Lilongwe District to embrace new farming methods to improve crop production. He said this on Saturday during a crop inspection in Chitekwere Extension Planning Area in the district. Kawale said adopting new farming techniques may help farmers to harvest amid shocks caused by climate change. He

It is official. The Malawi economy is now experiencing a stag-flationary dynamic: slow growth and high inflation. In his 2023/24 budget statement, Finance and Economic Affairs Minister Sosten Gwengwe announced that Malawi’s gross domestic product will expand by 2.8 percent this year compared to around 1.2 percent last year. The 2023 growth projection was premised