Karonga agricultural development Division

Karonga is comprised of five districts namely: Nkata-bay, Likoma, Mzimba North, Mzimba South, Rumphi. The ADD has 29 EPAs and a total of 544 sections, with a total of 816,914 farming households. The total arable land for the ADD is 394,207ha and the average land holding size is 0.45ha per farming household. Some of the major crops grown are maize, cassava, sweet potatoes, groundnuts, pigeon peas, beans and tobacco while major livestock species are cattle, goats, sheep, pigs and poultry. Production of commercial poultry like layers and broilers is concentrated in Karonga City and surrounding towns.