By Pilirani Mazizi
The National Smallholder Farmers’ Association of Malawi (NASFAM), emerged as the best farmer organization during this year’s National Agriculture Fair (NAF) which took place at the Chichiri Trade Fair grounds, Blantyre from 12th to 14th November, 2021.
By Watipaso Mzungu
Samuel Magwira, a 56-year-old smallholder farmer from Mpilisi Village in Sub Traditional Authority (ST/A) Mpilisi in Balaka, is excited with the prospect of realizing huge profits from his sorghum crop this year.
Each passing day, thousands of charcoal bags enter the main cities and towns of Malawi. One would think such people have personal woodlots from which they cut down trees for charcoal production. Unfortunately, they do not.
By Vincent Nhlema
In 2018, Luwiza Petulo, a 56yr old female farmer, from Chiphala Village, Traditional Authority (T/A) Zulu in Mchinji District, decided to learn how to read, write and calculate, when the National Smallholder Farmers’ Association of Malawi (NASFAM) introduced some adult literacy and numeracy lessons in her area, with support from the Egmont Trust.
The German Ambassador to Malawi, His Excellency Jürgen T. Borsch, on Froday, 24th April, 2020, made a symbolic presentation of COVID-19 prevention materials to NASFAM in a bid to help smallholder farmers protect themselves from the pandemic.