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The Ministry of Agriculture is the central government ministry of Malawi responsible for agriculture. [1] [2] The ministry has the responsibility of formulating and implementing national policy on home affairs and other subjects which come under its purview. [3] The current Minister of Agriculture is Samuel Kawale. [4]
At independence in 1964, the cultivable area of Malawi was estimated at 3.42 million hectares (net of the remaining estates), about 90% of which was cultivated. [24] Most of the land in Malawi suitable for farming food crops was available at the time of independence to Malawians without an obligation to pay cash rent or provide labour services.
The economy of Malawi is $7.522 billion by gross domestic product as of 2019, and is predominantly agricultural, with about 80% of the population living in rural areas. The landlocked country in south central Africa ranks among the world's least developed countries and poorest countries. [ 11 ]
This is a list of Southern African trees, shrubs, suffrutices, geoxyles and lianes, and is intended to cover Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. [1] The notion of 'indigenous' is of necessity a blurred concept, and is clearly a function of both time and political boundaries.
The following is a list of ecoregions in Malawi, as identified by the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF). Terrestrial ecoregions. by major habitat type.
Lilongwe (UK: / l ɪ ˈ l ɒ ŋ w eɪ /, US: /-w i, l ɪ ˈ l ɔː ŋ w eɪ /,) is the capital and largest city of Malawi. [2] It has a population of 989,318 as of the 2018 Census, up from a population of 674,448 in 2008. [3]
Location of Malawi (in blue) Malawi, officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in southeast Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. Malawi is among the world's least-developed and most-densely populated countries. Around 85% of the population live in rural areas.
Moses the orphaned elephant that now is at Jumbo Foundation elephant orphanage in Lilongwe Malawi, was rescued by rangers at Vwaza marsh in the South Rukuru river. Notable birdlife include Goliath herons, openbill storks and the rare white-winged starling. Lake Kazuni is located in the reserve and supports a notable hippo population.