Advisory services boost bean farming in Malawi

For Malawian farmers Monica Levison and Liden Mbengo, the 2023-24 cropping season posed new challenges to prior years. Like many of their fellow smallholder farmers, they grappled with drought caused by the El Niño effect, which severely impacted agricultural production across southern Africa.

Despite these challenges, smallholder farmers demonstrated extraordinary resilience with crucial advisory services provided by the Southern Africa Accelerated Innovation Delivery Initiative (AID-I) Rapid Delivery Hub Project. The initiative enabled farmers to adopt climate-smart practices such as using drought-tolerant seeds and improved soil management techniques.