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Weekend Investigate
Battling to save bananas in Nkhata Bay
Bananas are one of the traditional crops in Nkhata Bay. However, facing extinction due to Banana Bunchy Top Virus, communities…
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Development
Building resilience through fish farming
Fisheries and aquaculture are a vital sources of nutritious food, says the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). Yet…
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Weekend Investigate
Adapt or perish: Innovative solutions to changing climate
As countries transition toward climate-resilient sustainable development, the Department of Environmental Affairs in the Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and…
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Feature
Women going against waves
In Karonga, two women have used savings to work their way into the fishing industry long dominated by men.…
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National News
Cooperatives key to economic development—CisaNet
Civil Society Agriculture Network (CisaNet) says cooperatives have the potential to spur economic development among farmers. Speaking at the…
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National News
World Bank hails Masaf IV
The World Bank yesterday hailed Malawi Social Action Fund (Masaf) IV programme, saying it is on the right course towards…
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National News
Ntchisi farmers substitute manure with urine
Farmers of Kasonga Village in Traditional Authority (T/A) Malenga in Ntchisi District have substituted the use of compost manure…
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Ntchisi farmers substitute manure with urine
Farmers of Kasonga Village in Traditional Authority (T/A) Malenga in Ntchisi District have substituted the use of compost manure…
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Business News
Project pushes up legumes output
A project dubbed Legumes Enterprise and Structured Production (Lesp) has pushed up legumes output by 18 percent to about…
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Chill
The art of conservation
A three-by-one-foot board dexterously carved to show several activities in a typical Malawian village was one marvel to behold when we…
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National News
611 graduate in adult literacy in Neno
At least 511 women and 100 men graduated in Adult Literacy in Neno on Tuesday as the nation commemorated…
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Business News
Enabling low-income households to manage untimely deaths
The 135 000 membership of the Comsip Cooperative Union that save and invest their income in rural and…
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Feature
‘Rainbow’ fortune at home
Mzimba District is closely associated with some men who migrate to South Africa in search for greener pastures. Most…
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National News
Govt develops tool to curb corruption
Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Development has developed a web-based database to address challenges in the implementation of…
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Business News
Project links 7 500 legume farmers to markets
At a time when unscrupulous traders are offering low prices on the market, a Legumes Enterprise Structured Production (Lesp) project…
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Business News
Rural people perk up their livelihoods
For years, Elias Gomile of Thyolera Village in Traditional Authority (T/A) Lundu in Blantyre has seen people around his…
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Soul
Women’s lives improve from cooperative
Elizabeth Zambezi is the proud owner of a Digital Satellite Television (DSTV); has built a house with iron sheets, has…
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National News
Communities empowered through savings, investment
Communities in Traditional Authority (T/A) Lundu in Blantyre can now boast of improved economic standing following an orientation on…
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Nkhani
Kulira, chimwemwe ndi banki m’khonde
Ngakhale adali ndi chidwi choyamba bizinezi kuti atukuke, kusowa kwa mpamba kumapondereza khumbolo. Sanderson Yuba wa m’mudzi mwa Namalima kwa…
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Business News
Winning big with savings and investments
When her husband abandoned her and her four-year-old baby in 2010, Bertha Khumula was left with two choices. Give up…
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