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Agriculture, forestry top GDP contributors
Commentators have reiterated the need to commercialise and industrialise agriculture and establish cooperatives in the sector so as to revamp…
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Seeds of reform: Planting money to transform Malawi’s agriculture
By Charles Mpaka: Macademia has often missed in the agricultural production discourse in Malawi but a study on the production…
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Agcom boosts Nkhata Bay fish production by 500%
Expectations are high that small scale fish farmers in Nkhata-Bay District will increase production by 500 percent following a K178…
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Getting the most out of coffee
It is a typical Tuesday for Nyless Chikadza, a coffee farmer who has been harvesting slightly over 1,200 kilogrammes (kg)…
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Government moves to revive livestock, dairy farming
The government has taken a step towards rejuvenating livestock and dairy farming in the country as part of efforts to…
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Low loans uptake affects agri project
Low uptake of funds under the $95 million six-year Agricultural Commercialisation (Agcom) project is said to be affecting the initiative…
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Agcom fund uptake slow
Agricultural Commercialisation (Agcom) project has seen a slow uptake as only 30 groups have been formed since its inception in…
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Milk demand prods farmers
Doreen Msuku, 65, takes every stroll around her cattle kraal as a stroll of hope. As the two 10-month-old cows…
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Government prompts groups on 30% Agcom contribution
Secretary for Agriculture, Grey Nyandule Phiri, has urged producer organisations wishing to access grants from the Agriculture Commercialisation (Agcom) project…
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Embracing commercial agriculture
Farmers in Mbonechera Extension Planning Area (EPA) in Machinga District were experiencing many challenges in selling their cassava tubers. The…
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