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For a majority of farmers in Malawi, the month of May marks the ending of the harvesting season—the beginning of a recess ...
Meet the climate hackers of Malawi. Somini Sengupta and photographer Khadija Farah traveled across Malawi to meet farmers adapting creatively to the climate crisis. April 27, 2023 Supported by By ...
Malawi’s once-thriving banana industry is battling for survival, brought to its knees by disease outbreaks, trade disruptions ...
Climate change is poised to wreck our ability to grow many kinds of crops. But there’s one farming staple that could weather the crisis: dairy.
Malawi’s trade deficit has widened by a staggering 28 percent, reaching an alarming MK2 trillion, according to the latest ...
When smallholder farmers in Malawi spot unusual signs on their crops, help is now just a click away. A new AI-driven app ...
This is important in Malawi, which has suffered a number of El Niño droughts. The natural nitrogen-fixing process of legumes also reduces the environmental impacts of farming. In short, combining deep ...
Malawi is so desperate for food to stave off a hunger crisis that the government may buy a type of corn that the country mainly uses as livestock feed.
Farmers discovered a sweet solution to give them economic security. Farmers turn misery into money after banana crops rapidly ripen in extreme heat: 'Timing is everything' first appeared on The ...
New research has found that smallholder farmers in Malawi can grow bigger maize crops if they plant maize with legumes in deep beds with natural ditches to catch water ...
Analysis - Malawi's increasingly unpredictable rainfall and higher than usual temperatures are causing problems for smallholder farmers. Soil erosion has increased, causing soil fertility and ...