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Southern African Development Community (SADC)’s 16-member countries were already facing serious food and nutrition insecurity even before Covid-19 pandemic hit a last nail in the coffin. This is a conclusion contained in the SADC Regional Vulnerability Assessment & Analysis (RVAA) Synthesis Report 2020. The report indicates that in 2019, an estimated 41.2 million people within the region were food insecure, which is one of the highest in decades. In addition, in 2020 the number of people who were hungry reached 44.8 million. “The region also faces the triple burden of malnutrition. Childr...

Chilima lauds World Vision Malawi for action mindset change in Ntchisi Chilima lauds World Vision Malawi for action mindset change in Ntchisi Chilima tours pavilions at Cheka Cooperative during Empowered World View Mindset Change Model showcase event. Pic by-Okhifi Dimba NTCHISI-(MaraviPost)-Malawi President Saulos Chilima on Thursday, July 8, 2021 lauded World Vision Malawi (WVM) for changing the mind set of people in Ntchisi which has in turn resulted in having their livelihoods transformed for the better. Chilima as an advocate of mindset change, toured WVM mind set change and Empowered B...

The Minister of Agriculture Lobin Lowe has asked African countries to commit themselves above food challenges with viable plans and futuristic programming for sustainable food systems. Lowe said this Wednesday during a virtual African Ministerial Dialogue on UN Food System Summit in Lilongwe. He said the food situation on the African Continent is mainly defined […]

Mihowa- domestic debts unsustainable Lilongwe, Mana:  Oxfam has said the current domestic debt remains unsustainable and there was need to critically review it if the country’s economy was to grow to expected levels. Oxfam Malawi Country Director, Lingalireni Mihowa made the observation recently during the Budget Analysis Report Dissemination meeting with Parliamentary Committees at Sunbird Capital Hotel in Lilongwe She noted that over 15 percent of the budgetary allocation was meant to serving domestic debts which were huge amount of a single sector could have utilized it to implement a n...

OXFAM Malawi has pointed out that it was wrong for finance minister, Felix Mlusu, to assign 60 percent of budgetary allocation for Ministry of Agriculture towards the implementation of the Affordable Input Programme (AIP). OXFAM Malawi country director, Lingalireni Mihowa, noted that the over 15 percent of the budgetary allocation to AIP should have massively helped in serving domestic debts which are presently unprecedented in the country, and also could have been utilized to implement a number of programmes. Mihowa- domestic debts unsustainable pic by Tione Andsen (Mana) Mihowa said on Mond...