Author name: Siri Elise Dybdal

The Malawi Digital Plant Health Services (MaDiPHS) National Client Web was officially launched on 20 October 2026 at LUANAR’s Bunda Campus, attracting widespread coverage from Malawian newspapers, online news outlets and television broadcasters. MaDiPHS brings together digital tools for crop pest and disease diagnosis, agricultural advice and weather information, making plant health services more accessible […]

Agricultural Fair in Malawi brought together farmers, researchers, and other stakeholders to explore innovations shaping the future of agriculture. MADIPHS was among the exhibitors in Blantyre, showcasing how technology can support the management of agricultural pests and diseases. See the video made by Steve Chauluka here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SbfdQW4W-jE8vabC79EC5XifnrTZ7wa0/view The stand was visited by the Honourable Roza

How can digital tools help farmers get the information they need to make better decisions in the field? In Malawi, the Malawi Digital Plant Health Service (MaDiPHS), led by NIBIO in collaboration with Malawi’s Ministry of Agriculture and national and international partners, is developing digital services to make plant-health information more accessible and easier to

Around 30,000 people already call a digital agricultural information service in Malawi every month – even though the service has not yet been publicly promoted. Now farmers, extension workers and other users are helping shape how the service should develop. Read the full article here: https://www.nibio.no/en/news/2026/malawan-farmers-help-shape-digital-plant-health-services

Meet Lumbani Benedicto Banda, a PhD student with the MaDiPHS project at Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR), where he also teaches. In this film, he shares what motivated him to apply for the MaDiPHS Scholarship and talks about his research on cassava mosaic disease and the whitefly that spreads it.

Meet Nzeru Bradson Lihoma, a master’s student in irrigation engineering at Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR). As a MaDiPHS Scholarship awardee, he shares what inspired him to apply, his research on the dynamics of fall armyworm in Malawian maize, and how his work aims to support farmers across the country.