By Paul Madise

Lilongwe, April 17, Mana: Director of Research Services in Ministry of Agriculture at Chitedze Agriculture Research Station, Dr Grace Kaudzu has said they are working collaboratively with other stakeholders to come up with new hybrid groundnut varieties to ensure groundnut industry in sustained.

She made the sentiments on Tuesday during the "Groundnut Tour in Malawi" a tour which is being conducted to showcase groundnut potential industry, Malawi has as a consistent and reliable high-quality groundnut for both national, regional and international markets.

Kaudzu has said the research would benefit mega and small scales groundnut farmers across country through climate change resilient varieties being produced through the research.

The Director has emphasized on the need for more interventions for Chitedze Research Station to generate more climate resilient groundnuts varieties and more hybrid groundnut seed multiplication.

 Pyxus Agriculture, Feed the Future Peanut Innovation Lab and Feed the Future Malawi Growth poles project as implementers of the tour is this set to achieve this year's one million metric tonnes of groundnut in its 2030 annual strategic plan putting Malawi on a pivotal role in meeting groundnut global market demand.

During the tour, lead farmers from  Horizon Farm, Chikondi Joseph and Franks Jictor said the coming of news groundnuts varieties has necessitated high production levels on their farms, they have also called Malawians to embrace groundnut farming for commercial to compliment tobacco.

The groundnut tour has attracted over 150 investors, researchers, farmers and policy makers from 10 across the world wide.