Increasing agricultural productivity has been the main focus of agricultural experts in many countries, including Malawi. Due to the effects of climate change on agricultural productivity, researchers have found ways to improve the productivity of smallholders and commercial farmers, the former to increase food security and the latter to increase profits. However, many years after the introduction of the productive varieties, still being developed by many researchers around the world, planet Earth still faces food insecurity for most of the inhabitants of planet Earth. The use of inorganic fertilizers has alleviated the problem of low agricultural productivity, but in most developing countries, food insecurity persists every year. What could be the problem? In my opinion, I would say that many developing countries have failed to solve the problem of soil productivity and have rushed to think that the use of high yielding varieties and inorganic fertilizers will solve the problems. I believe we need to get to the root of the problem, which is that most soils have lost their productive capacity and therefore technologies have failed to impact total agricultural productivity. In this essay, I will therefore discuss the nature of the extent of low land productivity and make suggestions on how the problem could be addressed using sustainable approaches. Soil productivity can be defined as the capacity of soil to support dynamic plant growth, which results in increased crop productivity. Soil productivity depends on a number of soil components such as nutrient availability, moisture availability, water holding capacity and soil structure among others. ...... middle of paper ...... h would improve the water holding capacity of the soil, most soils in Malawi cannot retain enough water to improve the moisture content of the soil. This makes it difficult for nutrients to dissolve and become available to plants, leading to low soil productivity, which leads to low crop productivity. Additionally, management practices that encourage excessive runoff also contribute to lack of moisture in the soil, as most rainwater is rushed into rivers and streams instead of remaining in the soil. for plant growth. The evidence for this is that the country experiences short periods of drought during the growing season where most fields (especially corn) experience crop wilting which could eventually affect productivity. According to Yates (2009), dry spells and drought destroy on average 4.6% of maize production in Malawi..