In the mid-to-late 19th century, manioc, rice, beans and millet were grown in the Shire Valley, maize, cassava, sweet potatoes and sorghum in the Shire Highlands, and cassava, millet and groundnuts along the shores of Lake Nyasa (now Lake Malawi).

Recurring droughts afflict Malawi’s agriculture sector, threatening the livelihoods of Malawi’s smallholder farmers, who constitute 80 percent of Malawi’s population. Thirty-eight percent of Malawians live below the poverty line, and 47 percent of children are stunted.

2022年12月14日 · “The current structure of household agricultural production in Malawi offers no pathway to sustained poverty reduction for many, if not most, farming households. This in turn informs the focus on the potential of agricultural commercialization to transform the rural economy,” says the MEM.

2024年2月20日 · Leading sub-sectors in the agriculture industry in Malawi include tobacco, crop farming, livestock production, horticulture, fisheries and aquaculture, irrigation, and agro-processing. Malawi’s desire to move away from reliance on rain-fed agriculture is opening opportunities for irrigation farming.

The Malawi 2016 National Agricultural Policy (NAP) sets itself a goal to drive significant agricultural transformation, which should lead to increased agricultural exports, expanded incomes for farming households and improved food and …

A fact sheet outlining the current state of agriculture in Malawi.

2023年5月31日 · Malawi is set to establish new six irrigation schemes, support an additional 560 productive alliances that target more than 112,000 households, and work with smallholder farmers to execute productivity-enhancing investments with support of a $250 million grant from the International Development Association* (IDA) and a $15 million grant from ...

The Malawi economy is characterized by a high dependence on agriculture, a narrow industrial base and weak intersectoral linkages. The agricultural sector currently accounts for about 42 percent of GDP and 81 percent of export earnings, while the manufacturing sector accounts for 12 percent of GDP.

Malawi’s economic recovery remains fragile due to the slow implementation of macroeconomic adjustment reforms and a series of recent shocks. Low growth and high inflation underscore Malawi’s economic vulnerability. GDP is expected to have grown by only 1.8% in 2024, a downward revision from 2.0% growth projected in April 2024.

2023年4月6日 · The World Bank’s 2022 Poverty Assessment for Malawi shows that agriculture remains the country’s single most important sector, with 85% of the population of almost 20 million highly dependent on it, and a labor participation rate as high as 55%. Women’s participation is even higher, at 60%.