Outgrowing the ‘smallholder’ tittle
If you met Yohane Dokotala on the road, you would simply ignore him, thinking he is just an ordinary man.
Crop Diversification and Irrigation can help smallholder farmers build resilience to climate change effects
Eliza Banda, 28, is a smallholder farmer from Mathambo Village, T/A Mabulabo, Mzimba. Together with her husband, she looks after a family of six.
As a smallholder farmer, she has had challenges in making ends meet for a good number of years. She has been farming since 2008 but made very little progress due to lack of support and necessary skills, but now she has a different story.
NASFAM for improved tobacco contract farming, fair deals
By Vincent Nhlema
The National Smallholder Farmers Association of Malawi (NASFAM) has called for improvements in the tobacco contract farming, marketing and pricing to ensure that the producer, especially smallholder farmers, get a fair deal in the business.
NASFAM Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Betty Chinyamunyamu, made the call when she submitted the association’s input into the Tobacco Bill to the joint Parliamentary Committee tasked to solicit views to be incorporated into the Bill.
The Bill is scheduled to be presented in parliament once authorities are done with the consultations.