The agriculture sector is the backbone of Malawi’s economy. Agriculture gener-ates over a third of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) and 90 percent of its export revenues (CIA 2012). While tobacco, sugar, coffee and tea are Malawi’s primary cash crops, corn is the primary staple of domestic consump-tion. Over 86 percent of Malawi’s population lives in rural areas and depends on subsistence agriculture to meet its food needs.