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Malawi: President Proposes Switch From Growing Tobacco
VOA, 20 April 2021
Malawi's President Lazarus Chakwera said Tuesday the country should move away from growing tobacco, although it contributes to more than 60 percent of the country's earnings,… Read more »
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Malawi: Malawi Cannabis Regulatory Body Issues 86 Licences for Industrial Hemp Cultivation
Nyasa Times, 9 April 2021
Officials from the Cannabis Regulatory Authority (CRA) say they have issued 86 licenses to 35 companies and cooperatives to venture into cannabis cultivation for industrial hemp… Read more »
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Malawi: Company Closures Worry Malawi Economists
Nyasa Times, 8 April 2021
Officials from Economists Association of Malawi (Ecama), an umbrella body for economists say the growing closure of business operations and retrenchment is detrimental to the… Read more »
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Malawi: Malawi Tobacco Commission Fires Deputy CEO, 2 Others
Nyasa Times, 30 March 2021
The Tobacco Commission (TC) has fired its deputy Chief Executive Officer Levi Phelani and two other senior managers. Read more »
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Malawi: Centre for Agriculture Transformation Urges Small Scale Farmers to Embrace Diversification
Nyasa Times, 3 December 2020
The Centre for Agriculture Transformation (CAT) has encouraged small scale farmers in the country to take livelihoods diversification seriously describing it as a potential source… Read more »