Faced with the rising cost of fertiliser and effects of climate change, farmers in Malawi are being encouraged to diversify their crops to become less dependent on maize, the country's staple food. Those working the land are also struggling to bounce back from time lost due to Covid lockdowns.
On a cloudy morning, 57-year-old farmer Felix Jumbe is busy checking on the workers who are ploughing part of the 400 hectares of his land in Salima, an hour-and-half drive from Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe. They are preparing to plant maize and soya beans among other crops.
