Rice is one of the cereals grown along the Lakeshore, Phalombe plain, the Shire Valley and areas around Lake Chilwa either in irrigated rice schemes or in rain fed low land areas
Mounga ndi imodzi mwa mbewu za udzu zolimidwa mphepete mwa nyanja, mzigwa za Phalombe, Shire komanso madera ozungulira nyanja ya Chilwa potsatira kulima ku minda ya mthilira kapena mvula kumadera otsika