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April 28, 2021 Alfred Chauwa - Nyasa Times 1 Comment “People should be made aware of this money.” Agriculture Commercialisation (AGCOM) has increased its pace by ensuring that more people access the $95 Million matching grants. AGCOM National Coordinator Dr Teddie Nakhumwa was in Machinga where he was briefing the District committee on the need for more bankable business proposals. Nakhumwa said Agcom has devised plans to ensure speedy processing of the grants. He said the project has engaged private consultants to write proposals. Agriculture Minister Robin Lowe “They are spread...

April 26, 2021 Alfred Chauwa-Nyasa Times 3 Comments Agriculture minister Lobin Lowe has expressed fury over the high rejection rate currently at 72 percent. Lowe expressed the concern in Limbe Blantyre, when he presided over commissioning of this year’s Limber Auction Floors tobacco marketing season. The agriculture minister said his Ministry has since summoned all stakeholders to discuss the problem and that he that a lasting solution will be found. “We are worried with the rejection rate that is why will be meeting with buyers and other,” said Lowe. Agriculture Minister Robin L...

Agriculture minister Lobin Lowe has warned Tobacco buyers against buying Tobacco way below recommended Minimum prices. Speaking when he opened Chinkhoma Auction Floors in Kasungu, Lowe said Government is expecting that the prices will be good this year because the volume of tobacco produced this year is low. Agriculture Minister Robin Lowe at Auction Floors Lowe said: “You know the theory of supply and demand, which says when the supply is low the demand becomes high translating into higher prices and high supply triggers low demand, which translate into low prices. “Now this year we are ...

President Lazarus Chakwera says the country needs to transition from a tobacco based economy and has tasked the Ministry of Agriculture to roll out consultations with relevant stakeholders aimed at identifying a viable crop that can substitute tobacco. Speaking on Tuesday when he officially opened the 2021 Tobacco Marketing Season at Lilongwe Auction Floors, Chakwera said it was high time the country explored other crops like industrial hemp to replace tobacco, the country’s main strategic crop wh ich rakes in about 60 percent foreign currency earnings. He said the future for the tobacco in...

By Chisomo Phiri On Monday 5 April, 2021, The Minister of Agriculture Lobin Lowe, his Deputy Minister Honourable Agnes Nkusankhoma-MP and some officials in the ministry spent almost 8 hours engaging the management teams from some parastatals and agencies that fall under the ministry. Lowe said the meeting with the management team was aimed at getting an update on whether the bodies are on reforms currently being championed by the state Vice president of the republic of Malawi Dr. Saulosi Klaus Chilima under His Excellency the state president’s order. The minister felt satisfied with how the...