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<title>Seccap: Searching for solutions to climate change</title>
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<dc:date>2011-06-15</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[Bunda College of Agriculture has collaborated with international universities and organisations to initiate a project called Seccap that will help Malawian scientists to make evidence-based decisions on climate change locally.
Seccap is an acronym for Strengthening Evidence-Based Climate Change Adaptation Policies, and is a project which is being championed by Food Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (Fanrpan)...]]></description>
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<title>Women Breaking Through Trade Barriers</title>
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<dc:date>2011-04-20</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[LILONGWE - For 12 years now, the women around Tsangano in Malawi&rsquo;s southern district of  Ntcheu have put together their tomato harvest, selling some 20 tons at the  outdoor markets that abound in Lilongwe, the capital. But they have very little to  show for their hard work.Ntcheu and its neighbouring districts, Dedza and Salima, have many smallholder farmers with large  gardens overflowing with tomatoes and other vegetables such as cabbages, onions, carrots, green  pepper and lettuce...]]></description>
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<title>Malawian Cotton Farmers Ecstatic Over High Prices</title>
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<dc:date>2011-03-29</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[An ardent listener to the radio, small-scale cotton farmer Mercy Kaduya from  Chikhwawa in Nsanje in southern Malawi has just heard on the  international news segment that cotton prices have hit a record high on the  international market."I am very excited. I am looking forward to selling my cotton produce this  year...]]></description>
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<title>FANRPAN and Farming First Join Hands in Celebrating 100 Years of International Women's Day</title>
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<dc:date>2011-03-08</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[Women Farmers: Voiceless Pillars of African AgricultureAs we mark the 100th anniversary of International Women&rsquo;s Day, a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future, it is unfortunate that it is only those women who enjoy a space and platform in academics, science, economics and politics who are celebrated and yet in Africa there is a deserving group of extraordinary women who still have no voice &ndash; the African women farmers...]]></description>
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<title>MALAWI: Turning tubers into delicious crisps</title>
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<dc:date>2011-02-14</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[Ask anyone about the products Ntcheu district which is about 160 Km from  Malawi's capital, Lilongwe is famous for and you will be told that this district  also sharing common boundary with Malawi's neighbor, Mozambique, is popular due  to Irish potatoes production.
But taking advantage of illiteracy levels among the Irish potato growers and the  nutritious tubers&rsquo; abundance in Ntcheu&rsquo;s Trading Centres, buyers from all walks  of life more often exploit the farmers through offering them low prices for  their produce on the market...]]></description>
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<title>Of climate change and water conservation</title>
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<dc:date>2010-12-28</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[From the complex and intricate discourse of carbon  emissions and their subsequent cuts, reductions, compliance or simply taking no  action at all, to the palliative and massaging of Cancun, where wishes, as usual  failed to become horses, climate change issues will remain skeletons in our  cupboards for some time...]]></description>
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<title>Comesa to award Bingu </title>
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<dc:date>2010-09-02</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[Common Market for East and Southern Africa (Comesa) will give an award to President Bingu wa Mutharika in Swaziland.The President on Monday flew to Swaziland to attend Comesa&rsquo;s 14th heads of state summit.
&nbsp;
Speaking on departure from Kamuzu International Airport, Mutharika said he was expected to receive an award as former Secretary General as gratitude for what he achieved during his reign...]]></description>
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<title>Save Lake Chad - N'Djamena To Host Sustainable Development Forum</title>
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<dc:date>2010-08-27</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[The announcement was made yesterday in Yaounde during a News Conference organised by the visiting Chadian Minister of Environment and Fisheries Resources.
The announcement was made yesterday in Yaounde during a News Conference organised by the visiting Chadian Minister of Environment and Fisheries Resources...]]></description>
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<title>Comesa Sec General Salutes Bingu</title>
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<dc:date>2010-07-22</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[By Justice Mponda
The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) has hailed President Bingu wa Mutharika for the role he played in the commissioning of Comesa Treaty.
Secretary General for Comesa Sindiso Ngwenya heaped the praises during press briefing soon after meeting Mutharika on Thursday...]]></description>
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<title>Malawi in Comesa agriculture project</title>
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<dc:date>2010-07-22</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[


Written by Thom Khanje in Lusaka, Zambia &nbsp;&nbsp;


Thursday, 22 July 2010






Written by Thom Khanje in Lusaka, Zambia &nbsp;&nbsp;


Thursday, 22 July 2010



Written by Thom Khanje in Lusaka, Zambia
Malawi is one of the eight countries within the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) to benefit from a multi-billion kwacha European Union (EU) funded agriculture programme to help farmers access agriculture inputs easily and at competitive prices...]]></description>
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<title>CAADP compact to be signed by Zambia soon </title>
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<dc:date>2010-04-28</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[Lusaka:&nbsp; Zambia is soon expected to sign the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) compact. CAADP aims to help African countries reach a higher path of economic growth through agriculture-led development.
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) secretary general Sindiso Ngwenya said Zambia and Zimbabwe will sign the compact within the next few weeks...]]></description>
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<title>Give folks loans, please - Banda </title>
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<dc:date>2010-04-27</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[Nkhotakota:&nbsp; Financial institutions in Malawi should be partners with government and provide loans to business to help grow the economy, says Speaker of Parliament Henry Chimunthu Banda.&nbsp; People in rural areas--home to over 80 percent of the population--don't have access to loans but this is where some of the most creative people, who make do with very little, live...]]></description>
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<title>Malawi's legal framework does not allow populace to benefit fully from minerals endowment  </title>
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<dc:date>2010-04-26</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[Johannesburg: Concerns over the level of benefits the Malawi population is deriving from mining activities were raised at the recent Southern African Resource Watch conference, held in Johannesburg.
Historically, Malawi was never considered a mining hot spot owing to the perception that the country lacked natural resources...]]></description>
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<title>Tobacco trades 19% below government-set price </title>
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<dc:date>2010-04-26</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[Lilongwe:&nbsp; Tobacco prices in Malawi, Africa&rsquo;s largest producer of the burley variety of the crop, fetched an average of 19 percent less than government-set prices during the fourth week of sales, the industry regulator said.
The leaf sold for an average of $1.62 per kilogram (2.2 pounds), compared with the $2 set by government, the Tobacco Control Commission said in a report handed to reporters today on the auction floor at Limbe...]]></description>
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<title>UN, Malawi sign climate change management project deal</title>
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<dc:date>2010-04-19</dc:date>
<description><![CDATA[Lilongwe:&nbsp; Malawi, UN Development Programme (UNDP) and other donor partners on Thursday signed the formulation phase project document for managing climate change in the country which will cost nearly US$4,152,399 (MWK 2 billion).
Development Planning and Cooperation Minister Abbie Marambika Shawa said his government had included climate change, natural resources and environment management as one of its key priority areas in its development agenda to show commitment in dealing with climate change issues in the country...]]></description>
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