By Lulama Ndibongo Traub, Thomas Jayne & Wandile Sihlobo. This article was first published on The Conversation on August 1st 2021 What will it take to build sustainable, resilient food systems in African countries? This was among the questions considered at the 2021 United Nations Food Systems Pre-Summit in late July. The summit, the first of its kind in this century, …
Stakeholders Brainstorm on Resilience Agriculture
By Chimwemwe Njoloma. 25 November 2020. Originally published in Malawi News Online and The Atlas. Ministry of Agriculture has commended stakeholders in the agricultural sector for creating a platform for strategic dialogue and evidence-based guidance responding proactively to emerging challenges the sector is facing. In the first quarter of the year, countries went into lockdown disrupting domestic production, except in the …
Malawi: CARD to implement national program to improve seed sector
The African Seed Access Index (TASAI), along with CARD, will be working to improve the seed sector in Malawi.
Experts trained on partial equilibrium model
CARD hosts ReNAPRI training on the partial equilibrium model. The workshop brought together stakeholders from Ministry of Finance, Malawi Revenue Authority, National Statistics Office and other government and private agencies.
Study shows Public Works Programme enabling communities achieve food security
By Pauline Kaude. 06 June 2017. Originally posted on Malawi News Agency. The Public Works Programme being implemented in all 28 districts of the country has resulted in a lot of people achieving food security at household level, a study conducted by the Centre for Agriculture Research and Development (CARD) of the Lilongwe University for Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) in …
Malawi to receive MK6bn drought insurance payout from African Risk Capacity
By Green Muheya, Nyasa Times. Published November 17, 2016 Malawi government will get a US$ 8.1 million (about K6 billion) payout to support its response to the drought which resulted from the poor 2015/16 agricultural season African Risk Capacity Insurance Company Limited (ARC Ltd). The payout will be released to Malawi as soon as the government’s plan on how the payout …