Digging deep to help farmers

深入挖掘,助力农民

People Fixing the World

2025-09-09

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A new farming method is having a dramatic effect on maize crops in Malawi. And assistance is coming from a solar-powered tractor. In the last of her visits to Malawi, Myra goes to a village where they are using a new method called Deep Bed Farming. It’s more than doubled the yield of some of the farmers and improved their standards of living. The method involves digging deep into the hard earth. This can be tough work but a new solar-powered tractor designed in the UK called Aftrak is helping the farmers. Malawi has been hit hard by the changing climate and often struggles to feed its population. So making it more food secure could improve the lives of millions. People Fixing The World from the BBC is about brilliant solutions to the world's problems. We release a new edition every Tuesday. We'd love you to let us know what you think and to hear about your own solutions. You can contact us on WhatsApp by messaging +44 8000 321721 or email peoplefixingtheworld@bbc.co.uk. And please leave us a review on your chosen podcast provider. Presenter: Myra Anubi Producer: Richard Kenny Malawi Producer: Marie Segula Editor: Jon Bithrey Senior News Editor: Lisa Baxter Sound Mix: Hal Haines (Image: Malawian farmers with the Aftrak solar powered tractor, BBC)
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  • Hey there, this is Myra. Now, let's be honest, it's not always easy to be optimistic.

  • But here on People Fixing the World, I can promise to give you a bust of hope every week.

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  • Speaking of, let's get into today's solutions.

  • People Fixing the World.

  • Welcome to your home of solutions, people fixing the world from the BBC World Service.

  • This is a program that travels the world to hear about new ideas changing people's lives.

  • I'm Myra Anubi and this week I'm taking you back to the warm heart of Africa, Malawi.

  • Now this year we've heard some innovative things from the country around education and recycling but today we're talking about farming and hearing about a technique that could play a big role in helping to feed the population.

  • Moving around in Malawi is like driving through green carpeted fields.

  • The country has a very big farming population, around 80% in fact.

  • Despite this, Malawi finds it hard to feed its growing nation.

  • The World Food Program even say that a quarter of the population is chronically food insecure.

  • Now there are many reasons why farming isn't doing so well in Malawi,

  • including extreme weather, exacerbated by climate change,

  • leading to droughts and devastating cyclones.

  • So improving the yield for farmers and making crops more resilient to changing weather is absolutely vital.

  • And today,

  • I'm taking you to the north of the country to hear how a new farming technique and some smart technology is increasing farmers' yields and transforming people's lives.

  • I'm traveling on a very bumpy and very dusty road.