• What is the soy yield in Malawi?
  • In Malawi, an average farmer harvests only 800 kg of soy per hectare, while the global average is 4,000 kg. The lack of quality seed and limited varieties are major challenges facing the soy value chain in Malawi. Malawi has only three soy varieties: Nasoko, Tikolole, and Makwacha.
  • Is soybean a viable export agro-ecological crop in Malawi?
  • Domestic demand for soybean by the processing agro-industries (growing poultry and fish industries), is high. Thus soybean has a ready domestic and export market that is not fully exploited. Agronomic studies on soybean have shown that the crop is well adapted for production in all agro-ecological zones in Malawi.
  • Does Malawi export soybean oil?
  • exports. Malawi is a non-exporte r of soybean oil having only exported 581 metric tons between 2003 and 2017, or 36 metric tons per year. In 2003, imports supplied 62% of Malawi¡¯s soybean oil needs, while domestic crush supplied 38%. Volumes amounted to about 8,000 metric tons of domestic supply and 12,000 of imports.
  • Do soybean markets perform well in Malawi?
  • As a result, from an economic perspective, soybean markets appear to perform ¡°well¡± in Malawi. Higher quality data are necessary to formally test that hypothesis. Recent research formally analyzes the state of global market integration across six local soybean markets in Ghana (Martey et al., 2020). They show not only
  • How to fertilize a soybean plant in Malawi?
  • Until nodulation occurs, the soybean plant depends on soil nitrogen for growth. Phosphorus is often the most deficient nutrient; therefore, apply optimum phosphorous fertilizer for good yield. Apply phosphorus using 2¡Á50 kg bags for hectare of 23:21:0 +4S compound fertilizer available in Malawi.
  • Is soybean a viable alternative food & cash crop in Malawi?
  • Soybean is increasingly becoming popular and serving as an alternative food and cash crop. The area under soybean production as well as productivity is increasing in Malawi due to gov-ernment policies on value addition, domestic use and crop diversification.