Monday, 20 May 2013 10:35
Quantify maize losses from field to homestead - Agriculture ministry
Written by Kenneth Jali
Blantyre, May 20: Ministry of Agriculture has expressed the need to quantify losses incurred due to careless throwing of maize in heaps, handling and transportation of maize cobs to the homestead in order to come up with conclusive post harvest grain loss statistics. Spokesperson for the Ministry, Sara Tione told…
Zomba, May 19: Millennium Village Project (MVP) Team leader, Dr. Andrew Daudi has urged farmers cooperatives under Mwandama Millennium Villages Project in Zomba to follow good grading procedures of their crops to maintain quality to fetch more money at the market. He made the remarks Thursday during a farmers’ field…
Blantyre, May 17: Community Savings and Investment Promotion (COMSIP) has stepped up its efforts to address environmental challenges in areas of its operation within Blantyre District. This was revealed in Blantyre on Friday when COMSIP officials were meeting District Environmental and Social Team (DEST) members. Briefing members of the DEST,…
Lilongwe, May 17: President Dr. Joyce Banda on Friday said her Government will continue intensifying crop production by among other things maintaining the farm subsidy programme. Delivering the State of the National Address at the New Parliament Building in Lilongwe, Banda also said her government will enhance irrigation and livestock…
Thursday, 16 May 2013 16:45
Israel recommends surface irrigation to Malawi, pledges K5million support
Written by Kenneth Jali
Blantyre, May 16: Israeli Irrigation experts have recommended the use of surface irrigation as opposed to the proposed drip irrigation in the Presidential Initiative on Hunger Reduction (PIoHR) claimming the latter is capital intensive and requires alot of farmer drilling.      Israel Ambassador to Malawi, Gil…
Thursday, 16 May 2013 10:55
ICRISAT trains smallholder farmers in groundnut seed production
Written by Leonard Masauli
Mzimba, May 16: The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) Tuesday awarded certificates in Groundnuts Seed Production and Post-harvest Management to 47 smallholder farmers in the country. The local farmers drawn from Rumphi, Kasungu and Mzimba districts were trained under Malawi Seed Industry Development Project. Speaking when…
Ntchisi, May 16: District Commissioner for Ntchisi, Yamiko Chitete, Wednesday asked chiefs in the district to sensitise their subjects that the Fertliser Input Subsidy Programme (FISP) is meant for the most vulnerable and not for everybody as most people think in rural areas. Chitete said this during a Consultative Forum,…
Thursday, 16 May 2013 10:27
K11 million youth agriculture project in place
Written by Tiwonge Nkhonjera
Lilongwe, May 16: The Scout Association of Malawi with funding from Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Italy, has embarked on a Food for Life Project to equip young people with climate smart agricultural techniques, entrepreneurship skills to promote food security at household level. The project which is being implemented in…
Saturday, 11 May 2013 12:35
Buyers offering competitive prices for cotton in Salima
Written by Watson Maingo
Salima, May 11: A survey of some cotton markets in Salima has revealed  buyers are offering competitive prices with the highest price at K210 per kilogram and the lowest at K180 per kilogram, both above government’s minimum set price of K150 per kilogram. When Malawi News Agency (Mana) visited…
Salima, May 11: Cotton farmers in the country have been asked to adopt new farming methods to realise more profits from their labour. Speaking to Malawi News Agency (Mana) Friday on the sidelines of a cotton field day in Salima Chairperson of the Cotton Development Trust (CDT) Patrick Khembo said…
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State of the Nation Address: Full Text
on Friday, 17 May 2013 12:01
INTRODUCTION Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is a great pleasure to be here this morning to preside over the opening of the 2013/2014 Budget Meeting and deliver the State of the Nation Address. This occasion is very significant because, as is tradition, we reflect on the past year and set out our plans for the...