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Local knowledge aids disaster fight
They may not understand the science behind the phenomena, but people in areas prone to natural disasters have their own…
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Flip side of railway project
The ongoing construction of the $1 billion [about K420 billion] railway line passing through Chikhwawa, Neno, Mwanza and Balaka might…
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‘How I took ARVs while in boarding school’
World Aids Day falls on Sunday December 1. As the world continues to reflect on the theme ‘Getting to zero…
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LDCs want reduced greenhouse gases
Malawi joined other Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and the African Group at the UN Conference on Climate Change in Warsaw,…
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From poor harvests to abundance
Barely four years ago, 41-year-old Salome Tembo from Masoakhumbira in Traditional Authority Mkukula in Dowa, could not afford to own…
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Justice at Kabuwa is justice denied
As the world is commemorating 16 Days of activism, JAMES CHAVULA explores how lack of police posts in Khosolo, Mzimba, is suppressing…
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Farmers improve production with WFP’s P4P
Mwandama Farmer Organisation (FO) in Zomba started under the Millennium Village Project (MVP) which provided agricultural support in 2005. In…
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A hand that giveth
Amadu Bwanali of Luchenza in Thyolo saw only doom and gloom lying ahead when his parents died. The skies only…
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ECA says agriculture can unlock Africa’s transformation even in a changing climate
A senior official of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa on Thursday shed new light on the agriculture and climate change…
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Least developed countries lead on low-carbon resilience
As the world waited for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to release its latest report last month, climate economist…
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Keeping children away from streets with goats
It has been over 10 years since Patuma Yasini made a daring but dangerous decision to escape her aunt’s brutal…
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Journey to quench Zomba’s thirst
In the early 1990s, concern over a special species of butterflies found on Zomba Mountain nearly denied the people of…
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A week in QECH’s Ward 3B
When Kondwani Kamiyala recently spent seven days at the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre as a guardian, the experience…
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Who should own the agri-bank?
In countries that have agri-banks, one issue that exercises the minds of planners and policy makers is the ownership of…
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Drug shortages frustrate diabetes fight
What is Malawi doing to lessen the pains of seeking drugs that are not available for diabetics? As Malawi commemorates…
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Reversing lost soil fertility
Should Malawi scale up its use of inorganic fertilisers or it should pull up its efforts on conservation agriculture? Experts…
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Community for reduced disaster risks
Rute Godfrey knows farmers are praying for good rains so that they may realise an abundant harvest in the 2013/14…
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Setting the pace for development
Jabiri Sawezi of Kakopa Village, Senior Chief Malengachanzi in Nkhotakota, is a rare person who does not believe in waiting…
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Keeping hope alive in HIV positive children
In June 2011, a seven-month-old baby girl (name withheld) was fighting for her life in a children’s ward at Kamuzu…
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Chukudu: The golden bicycle of Congo
When Benson Linje arrived in Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), he was struck by the ingenuity of…
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