Norway has commended NASFAM’s women farmer empowerment initiatives in Malawi and pledged continued support during a high-level visit to NASCOMEX in Lilongwe.
Amid increasing threats of another food crisis in Malawi following a drought that has yet again hit the country, the National Smallholder Farmers Association of Malawi (NASFAM) has announced the launch of the Adaptation Policies and Accountable Climate Funding Project.
Communities in T/A Chamba and Ntonda in Mangochi have praised the Titukulane Resilience Food Security Activity for constructing and rehabilitating boreholes, improving access to clean drinking water. Supported by USAID and a consortium of NGOs, the initiative has reduced waterborne diseases and poverty, enabling better social and economic participation in the area.
Principal Secretary (PS) in the Ministry of Agriculture, Engineer Geoffrey Mamba, has highlighted climate variability, resource limitations, and gaps in mechanization and agro-industrialization as some of the major factors slowing progress in agricultural diversification and value addition.
National Smallholder Farmers Association of Malawi (NASFAM) has donated 10,000 kilogrammes of maize flour and rice to the Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DODMA) to enable the agency to respond to the needs of the people affected by Tropical Cyclone Freddy in the Southern Region.
