Malawi: COVID-19 social distancing measures disrupt markets and farmers’ income
It is a cool, dry winter afternoon and Ida Maganga is arriving home from her field of Irish potatoes and […]
Malawi: Clubs help farmers benefit from groundnut farming
It’s a bright Wednesday morning and Phillip Msakwiza is busy supervising construction work for his new house. He is using […]
Malawi: Women and youth join co-operative to access better groundnut markets
It’s four o’clock in the morning, but Alice Kawaye is already awake in her well-thatched grass house. The 38-year-old farmer […]
Malawi: Shared decision-making boosts family farming income
It’s about 11 o’clock in the morning and Diffat Chinyama and his wife Lunia are returning home from planting beans […]
Malawi: HIV-positive farmers improve nutritional status with mixed farming
Clement Mbewe and his two children sit on the verandah of their corrugated iron sheet house, eating the breakfast prepared […]
Malawi: Farmers increase yields by planting groundnuts in two rows per ridge
It rained cats and dogs yesterday, a sign to farmers of the beginning of the rainy season. But today is […]
Malawi: Disease forces farmers to uproot banana plants
To Agnes Dzenje, banana is more than just a fruit. It has been supporting her since childhood. But things have […]
Spotlight on … Youth Mental Health radio program
Lucious Zimba is a teacher at Lilongwe Girls Secondary School in Malawi. He says, “We are … building the youth […]
Malawi: Farmers use airtight storage bags to prevent losses and avoid chemicals
When Chifundo Banda heard about PICS bags on the radio, he knew he wanted to try them. Mr. Banda farms […]
Malawi: Vegetable farmers switch from chemical to plant-based pesticides
Mary Mdima is about to prepare sauce for today’s lunch. She picks up a small basin and opens the garden […]