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AfDB Hails Shire Valley Transformation Project as Game-Changer for Food Security

BySuleman ChiChitera The African Development Bank (AfDB) has described the Shire Valley Transformation Project (SVTP) as a transformative initiative with the potential to significantly enhance food security, agricultural productivity and livelihoods in Malawi. Speaking after touring the project in Chikwawa on Sunday, AfDB Executive Director Nalishebo Shebo said the irrigation initiative is already demonstrating its […]

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Why Malawi Still Battles Hunger Sixty Years After Independence

By Mabvuto Kalawa, Correspondent, Malawi Freedom Network Soon after independence, Malawi was feeding itself and did not depend on donors to feed its people. But soon after the country transitioned from one-party rule to multiparty democracy, Malawi began to face acute hunger. The question we can ask is whether Malawians were once harder workers, or […]

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Will ADMARC Be Called The Granary For Farmers Again?

Story by Mabvuto Kalawa, Correspondent, Malawi News Network For many years, especially during the Kamuzu Banda era, the Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation, ADMARC, was one of Malawi’s most respected parastatals.Chakwera faces low turnout at Mtakataka ADMARC stop It was widely known as nkhokwe ya alimi, the granary for farmers, for its role in buying […]

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“Enhancing Food Security for Orphans: Medcom Foundation Donates to Kasungu Caregivers”

By Twink Jones Gadama Kasungu, Malawi – In a heartwarming gesture, Medcom Foundation has donated fertilizers, seeds, and trained 22 households who are caregivers to orphans in Kasungu District. The donation, worth K8 million, aims to enhance food security for orphans in the area. Speaking during the handover ceremony, Leah Msosa, Project Officer for Medcom, […]