The once-bustling warehouses of Luchenza in Thyolo, home to Malawi’s strategic grain reserves, now sit in quiet, rusting decay.
Where giant steel doors once rolled open to receive maize and dispatch grain across the country, they now remain locked for weeks at a time.
A climate science expert from the Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST), Dr. Isaac Tchuwa, has warned that Malawi should brace for more frequent and unusual lightning incidents due to rising temperatures linked to climate change.
When Chrispine Moya, 68, (not his real name) from Matchuwana Village under Senior Chief Nchiramwera in Thyolo, heard last month that his wife and daughter had been enlisted to benefit from the rebranded Farm Inputs Subsidy Programme (FISP), he recalled the years when his family harvested over 30 bags of maize from just 0.2 hectares—enough to feed his household of six for a full year.
She may not yet be a household name across Malawi, but Ida Puliwa Mwango’s community-driven initiatives are gaining significant international acclaim.
Minister of Defence Chimwemwe Chipungu says the introduction of Nano liquid fertiliser has the potential to significantly enhance Malawi’s food security, including when integrated into the Farm Inputs Subsidy Programme (FISP).
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