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MALAWI: Planning for a disaste...
MALAWI: Planning for a disaster
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
The state of preparedness for a natural disaster in Malawi's flood-prone areas as well as other locales is coming under intense scrutiny ahead of the...
MALAWI: Green belts to boost f...
MALAWI: Green belts to boost food production
Monday, October 6, 2008
Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika has pledged to embark on a "green belt" programme to enable the country, in the long run, to say goodbye to...
MALAWI: Carbon credits could f...
MALAWI: Carbon credits could fund development
IRIN NEWS
Friday, May 30, 2008
An initiative to improve the health, wealth and environment of Malawians is being driven by a proposal to trade in carbon credits. The...
MALAWI: Enough food for everyo...
MALAWI: Enough food for everyone?
IRIN
Monday, February 18, 2008
Despite a bumper harvest last season, there are signs of maize shortages in some parts of Malawi, but deputy minister of agriculture Bintony Kutsaira...
MALAWI: Malnutrition still a t...
MALAWI: Malnutrition still a threat
IRIN
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Despite two years of bumper harvests, malnutrition, partly a consequence of Malawi's famine in 2005, still lingers. "The scale of the malnutrition...
MALAWI: Civil society attacks ...
MALAWI: Civil society attacks decision to close parliament
IRIN
Monday, October 1, 2007
President Bingu wa Mutharika has earned the ire of civil society for not keeping his end of the bargain to discuss floor crossing, a tactic that has...
MALAWI: Budget passed at last
MALAWI: Budget passed at last
IRIN
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Malawi's opposition party, the United Democratic Front (UDF), has succumbed to civil society pressure to pass the national budget after a four-month...
MALAWI: Torn between the lure ...
MALAWI: Torn between the lure and danger of uranium
IRIN
Sunday, September 9, 2007
A project to mine uranium in northern Malawi next year promises to spur economic development in the area, but fears of serious health hazards...
MALAWI: Helping small-scale fa...
MALAWI: Helping small-scale farmers go commercial
IRIN
Saturday, September 1, 2007
A joint project by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the Malawian government is helping small-scale farmers to expand into...
ZIMBABWE: Malawi provides maiz...
ZIMBABWE: Malawi provides maize lifeline
IRIN
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Malawi has started selling much-needed maize to Zimbabwe under an export agreement which includes a US$10 million line of credit. "We have...