MULANJE, Malawi -- Alex Maere survived the destruction of Cyclone Freddy when it tore through southern Malawi in 2023. His farm didn't. The 59-year-old saw decades of work disappear with the precious ...

Malawi’s increasingly unpredictable rainfall and higher than usual temperatures are causing problems for smallholder farmers. Soil erosion has increased, causing soil fertility and water availability ...

Malawi finds itself at a crossroads. A debate is raging over whether to follow international guidelines to limit smoking, or continue supporting the tobacco industry that is propping up the economy.

Many small farmers face challenges to earn enough money to feed their families and send their kids to school. A single dairy cow can raise a farmer’s annual income up to six times above the national ...

After Cyclone Freddy devastated communities and livelihoods in southern Malawi in 2023, thousands of small-scale farmers decided it was time to update their farming practices. Now, they are using a ...

A new programme is using technology to support farming in Africa. Three students from the University of Sussex have designed ...

Laura Vang Rasmussen receives funding from the European Research Council under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme (grant agreement 853222 FORESTDIET). Ingo Grass ...

ASX- and Aim-listed titanium and graphite miner Sovereign Metals has commissioned a conservation farming programme, in Malawi, as part of the environmental, social and governance (ESG) obligation in ...

BLANTYRE, July 28 (Reuters) - Malawi's output of maize, its staple grain, fell 5.6% in the 2022/23 farming season because of a shortage of fertiliser and extreme weather conditions that damaged crops, ...

Three University of Sussex students have launched a technology programme in Malawi to help tackle agricultural challenges ...

Planting fruit trees on farms improves dietary quality, according to new research from Malawi that tracked nearly 1,000 households over 10 years. The study, published in Conservation Letters, found ...