Department of Agriculture Extension Services

Provide demand driven agricultural extension services, promote equalization and coordination in service provision to achieve food and income security.

[FAO Malawi @FAOMalawi]

#HappeningNow – the regional launch event of #1Country1Product country projects.

@FAO Deputy Director-General @BethBechdol spoke about the need to transform the way we produce food and pointed out that #Malawi 🇲🇼has a huge opportunity to elevate banana production.

[FAO Malawi @FAOMalawi]

We are kicking off the One Country One Priority Product, #OCOP in Malawi on 7 March 2023, with the project Innovative approaches for better plant production.

Join the inception workshop for this project here👇https://t.co/qkaKXqdqUt

Meeting ID: 944 0289 8028
Passcode: 08492118

[Cisanet Malawi @CisanetMalawi]

"The state is promoting sustainable agriculture and rural development for the realization of the Right to Food for all Malawians," Rex Alias Baluwa, National Project Coordinator - SAPP #righttofood #WFD2022 #leavenoonebehind

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Through Macademia production he has been able to attain better nutrition, better environment and a better life.

#WFD

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Chikwatula Macademia Cooperative in Ntchisi has 58 members with 16650 trees of Macademia nuts.

One of the members Mr. Kapakasa has 950 trees of Macademiabnuts and produces 3,250 Kgs annually which he sells at MK3,000/kg realizing total revenue of MK9,750,000 per year.

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In the same vein, the African Day of Food and Nutrition Security aims at encouraging African governments to address the twin challenges of food insecurity and malnutrition across the continent and is commemorated on 30th October every year

@FAOMalawi @NASFAM1 @CisanetMalawi

[Department of Agriculture Extension Services @DAESmw]

Malawi is today holding a joint national commemoration of World Food Day and Africa Day for Food and Nutrition Security in Ntchisi. Officials from the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the African Union (AU),

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at Mtuwanjovu Primary School ground.

Dr. Medrina Mloza Banda, PS Technical Services in the Ministry of Agriculture is the Guest of Honor.

World Food Day is a day of action dedicated to tackling global hunger and is held annually on 16th October.

[FAO Malawi @FAOMalawi]

Honey for sale 🍯
Natural forest conservation 🌲

We are celebrating #WorldFoodDay2022 with young members of Ching'oma club in Ntchisi district.

Their beekeeping enterprise is supporting income security and a better environment.

#Youth #LeavingNooneBehind

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This year's NAF is focusing on increased agricultural productivity for the establishment of industries.

@moaiwd1 @MCCCI1 @FAOMalawi @AgcomProject

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The 18th National Agriculture Fair (NAF) has attracted a good number of exhibitors ranging from farmer organisations, seed companies, agro dealers, government departments, financial institutions, manufacturers and many others.

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Speaking when he officially opened the fair, Minister of Agriculture honorable Lobin Clarke Lowe MP, challenged the exhibitors to maintain or improve further the quality and standard of products or services they have displayed this year when coming to the next fair next year.

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The Minister has assured farmers in the country that government will this year provide affordable inputs under the Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP)

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The Minister of Agriculture, Honorable Lobin Clarke Lowe has today officially opened the 18th National Agriculture Fair at Chichiri Trade Fair Grounds in Blantyre.

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Lowe challenged farmers and other players in the agriculture sector to make use of existing projects such as Agricultural Commercialisation (AGCOM) Project and Shire Valley Transformation Programme (SVAP) to commercialise agriculture and venture into irrigation farming.

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Minister of Agriculture Honorable Lobin Clarke Lowe MP, cutting a ribbon upon his arrival at the Chichiri Trafe Fair Grounds in Blantyre this morning to officially open the 18th National Agriculture Fair.

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