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Chilli: Malawi’s highest priced crop, but ignored

Summary by The Nation
In a small field in Kasungu, rows of chilli plants sit heavily laden with bright red pods catching the afternoon sun amid the traditional maize and tobacco fields that define this district. Yet what grows here, quietly and in small quantities, has become one of the strangest puzzles in Malawi’s agricultural economy. When the government announced the 2025/26 minimum farm-gate prices, chillies stood out at K7 000 per kilogramme (kg), the highest o…
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The Nation broke the news in Blantyre, Malawi on Thursday, July 16, 2026.
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