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Minister of Agriculture Sam Kawale says the ministry has engaged 13 companies to supply 149 164 metric tonnes (MT) of fertiliser for 2023-24 Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP) to ensure that farmers access the inputs before the first rains. In a statement issued on Monday on the progress of the AIP, the minister said the companies

In January this year, government promised a new restructured Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (Admarc), but to date, the State produce trader remains in debt with no staff and funding to it deliver its mandate. Briefing Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture on Thursday, Admarc acting general manager Ethel Zilirakhasu said the parastatal is in a K13

Sugarcane Growers Association of Malawi (Sugam) has called for enactment of law to govern the sugar industry and address prevailing challenges. Speaking on Sunday in Lilongwe, Sugam chairperson Robert Dziweni lamented that the industry has operated without a law for long, as such, there are various problems, including prices of sugar, exploitation of farmers and

Ministry of Agriculture says the controversial K128 billion fertiliser barter deal between Malawi Government and purported Romanian firm East Bridge is not linked to the Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP). Speaking yesterday when the ministry appeared before the Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture and Irrigation to give an update on progress of the 2023/24 AIP preparations, the

Fresh from revelations that the Lazarus Chakwera administration awarded a K500 billion fertilizer deal to a fake Romanian company, it has also been

Experts in the agriculture sector have asked Malawi Government to put in place mechanisms that will help the country respond to the forecasted El Nino weather during the 2023-24 growing season. Speaking in an interview yesterday, Malawi Agriculture Policy Advancement Agenda (Mwapata) executive director William Chadza expressed worry that not much is being done to

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Two weeks after the National Food Reserve Agency (NFRA) started buying maize, the Ministry of Agriculture is yet to give Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (Admarc) money to buy staple grain from farmers despite the State produce trader being strategically positioned to do so. Treasury in May released K6 billion to NFRA to buy maize

Admarc’s absence on the market has exposed maize farmers to unscrupulous traders who are buying the staple grain at 40 percent below the minimum farm gate price. Spot checks Nation on Sunday conducted across the country’s markets found that many traders are buying maize at between K300 and K400 per kilogramme (kg) instead of the