Agriculture Authorities Decry Climate Change

Agriculture authorities decry climate change

Kasungu district director of agriculture services Evelyn Chima says climate change is hindering efforts to make the district realise its farming potential. She was speaking on Saturday in an interview at the end of a three-day review meeting for Kasungu District Agriculture Extension Coordinating Committee (Daecc) in Mzimba. Said Chima: “Kasungu is an agricultural district, but its potential is affected by various factors, chief among them is cl…

Crops in Crisis: Heatwave Adds to Farmers’ Fears for Future Harvests

Much of the country is sweltering in a heatwave, with temperatures set to climb above 30C in many places over the weekend and an “amber” heat-health alert issued warning of “significant” impacts for health services.For farmers, the heatwave threatens to worsen the outlook for food production already struggling off the back of a record-hot and the driest spring in decades that has left north west England and Yorkshire in drought and other regions…