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A former prime minister of Ethiopia is in the country on agriculture mission. The former prime minister is board chairman of the Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA). ….
In Malawi, maize is almost everything—a staple. Lovers of nsima, the national meal, quip that to the population of 18 million, maize is food and food is maize.
However, overdependence on low-value white grain is blamed for nutritional problems, including stunting which affects over a quarter of …
It’s not always easy to produce and sell new maize varieties in Malawi. Seed companies often serve as the link between breeders and farmers, but numerous challenges — from lack of infrastructure to inconvenient finance systems — mean that the journey from the laboratory to the field is not always a …
While Malawi continues to look for solutions to lack of adequate foundation seed for seed companies to satisfy their needs, a new breed of growers is emerging away from the traditional large-scale seed producers and companies. Small-scale farmers that have grouped themselves together are now rising up to the ….
For Mwatitha Brainati, 39, a mother of four from Mkukhi Village, Traditional Authority Kalonga in Salima District, farming is an occupation she vows to continue pursuing for her children to get the best education…