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Fly Poo Boosts Malawi Crop Yields — A farmer works in a field of green crops.

Fly Poo Boosts Malawi Crop YieldsCEFR A1

25 Feb 2025

Adapted from Charles Mpaka, SciDev CC BY 2.0

Photo by Richard Nyoni, Unsplash

AI-assisted adaptation of the original article, simplified for language learners.

  • Farmers in Malawi grow bananas and maize.
  • They have problems with low crop yields.
  • A new solution is a fertiliser made from fly waste.
  • This helps improve their farming.
  • The fertiliser is cheap and good for the soil.
  • Farmers learn to use this new fertiliser to grow better crops.

Difficult words

  • fertiliserA material to help plants grow better.
  • cropsPlants grown for food or other uses.
  • yieldsThe amount produced by farming.
  • improveTo make something better.

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Discussion questions

  • Why is it important to have good crop yields?
  • How do you think farmers can learn to use new fertilisers?
  • What other materials could help farmers improve their crops?

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