RESEARCHERS have identified 25 types of cassava seeds that they will develop to make them resilient to the country’s climatic challenges, diseases, drought and extreme coldness. Efforts are intended to enable regions that currently don’t grow the crop due to weather...

NAIROBI, April 9 (Xinhua) -- The UN specialized agency on combating hunger on Monday urged African states to embrace traditional crops in order to combat climate change. Wilson Ronno, Crops Officer at The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Kenya, told a...

Global Impact of Local Farmers  Lilongwe, Malawi, 8 March 2018 – “What the farmers in Malawi’s Mzuzu district are doing in their fields through this Benefit-sharing Fund project is important for their families and their local communities, but...

Norwegian Government has said it is committed to continue supporting Malawi in agriculture sector so that the country should end hunger. The assurance was made by Norwegian Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Hanne Blafjelldal during a press briefing on International...

Considered unimportant and slowly being forgotten, indigenous crops such as pearl millet, finger millet, pigeon peas, cow peas and sorghum are not only nutritious, drought resistant and cost effective as they need little or no fertilizer but also adaptive to...