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In Malawi, maize is food and food is maize. The staple grain defies geographic and political divides years after President Lazarus Chakwera pleaded for cutbacks. Launching a nationwide nutrition initiative in August 2021, he dared the nation to find the courage “to face the painful truth” about over-dependence on nsima, a meal made from maize
University of Malawi (Unima) associate economics professor Winford Masanjala has backed the continuation of fertiliser subsidies, but has proposed reforms that include grouping smallholder farmers into various categories based on needs and economic status. He expressed his views in his presentation under the Ben Kaluwa Seminar Series titled ‘Can Malawi sunset the fertiliser subsidy programme?
March 1, 2021 Wongani Chiuta - Nyasa Times 4 Comments President Lazarus Chakwera has said government has put in place measures to see to it that Malawians are provided with safety nets as a relief from the challenges that are there due to the Covid-19 pandemic. President Chakwera: Give hope amidst despair, “So mark my words: we will win!” In his televised address to the nation on Sunday, Chakwera his administration has extended the moratorium for loan facilities by the Reserve Bank of Malawi to six months (up to June 2021) to enable businesses that are struggling economically...
Chakwera: Malawi Leader It has emerged that Ministry of Finance spent K635.1 billion between July and October 2020 amid less revenue collection of K471.8 billion during the period. This development left Treasury with the option to borrow K163.3 billion from the expensive domestic market to finance the deficit. The Nation analysis of the government expenditure shows that between July and October 2020, Capital Hill on average spent K159 billion a month against the average monthly revenue collection of K118 billion. The development means that within four months, the Tonse administration spent ...