By Tamani Nkhono-Mvula, PhD:
Malawi’s agriculture sector, especially on food crop production, is dominated by maize as a country’s main staple crop. This dominance of maize came about mainly due to policy interventions promoting maize, its high yield index but also the environmental and geographical adaptability of the crop making it easy and viable to grow.
However, as of late, the crop has been facing climate related challenges that have led to a decline in yields nationally leaving most household food insecure. There is therefore a great need that the country should seriously start thinking of promoting other cereal crops that are more climate tolerant to be grown along side maize.
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