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Only 13 percent of beneficiaries have accessed NPK fertilizer in Karonga

Jan 21, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Only 13 percent of targeted beneficiaries have accessed NPK fertilizer under the 2022/2023 Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP) in Karonga. Malawi News Agency (MANA) reported that this is according to the district’s AIP update report. According… ...

Two chiefs, three others arrested over abuse of AIP

Jan 20, 2023 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The Malawi Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested five people including two chiefs in Dowa for taking other people's national IDs and redeeming farm inputs under the Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP). The suspects have been identified… ...

100,000 smallholder farmers to benefit from digital plant health service in Malawi

Dec 14, 2022 Russell Kondowe 0 &

The Malawi Digital Plant Health Service (MaDiPHS) project is set to benefit over 100,000 smallholder farmers through creation of a decision support system which will help farmers incorporate an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approach to… ...

Parliament passes fertilizer bill

Dec 08, 2022 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Parliament yesterday passed Fertilizer Bill which establishes Malawi Fertilizer Regulatory Authority to regulate and also license fertilizer operators to ensure access to high quality fertilisers by farmers. Speaking with reporters, Minister of Agriculture Sam Kawale… ...

ADMARC depots to open on December 1

Nov 22, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Following pressure from activists and the opposition, Government through Minister of Agriculture Sam Kawale has announced that Agricultural Development And Marketing Corporation (ADMARC) will start selling maize in its depots on December 1. Kawale disclosed… ...

Chakwera urges AIP beneficiaries to use inputs wisely

Nov 20, 2022 Malawi News Agency (MANA) 0 &

President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera has launched the 2022/2023 Affordable Inputs Program (AIP) with a call for beneficiaries to utilize the farm inputs wisely to achieve food security at household level. The launch took place at… ...

Government contributing K50,000 per fertilizer bag under AIP – Kawale

Nov 17, 2022 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

Minister of Agriculture Sam Kawale says Government, which has received over 70,000 metric tonnes of donated fertilizer, is contributing K50,000 per 50 kilogram bag of fertilizer under the Affordable Inputs Program (AIP) hence farmers are… ...

AIP beneficiaries to buy fertilizer at K15,000 per bag

Nov 12, 2022 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

Government has announced that Affordable Inputs Program (AIP) beneficiaries will this year be buying a 50kg bag of fertiliser at K15,000. For seed, the farmers will be buying at a price of K5,000 for a… ...

Moses Khombe admits pressurizing Govt to pay K750m to Barkaat

Nov 09, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Moses Khombe, Director of Sheba Oil and Gas Company, has admitted authoring an email in which he appeared to pressurize Government officials to pay K750 million to United Kingdom based butchery Barkaat Foods Limited. Khombe… ...

Fraudsters selling fake fertilizer in Malawi

Nov 07, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Minister of Agriculture Sam Kawale says authorities are investigating reports that some people are selling fake fertilizer in Malawi. The minister has said this in a statement today after a video circulated on social media… ...

Malawi engages Mozambique over fertilizer

Nov 02, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Minister of Agriculture Sam Kawale and Minister of Transport Jacob Hara travelled to Mozambique where they engaged Mozambique Government officials to coordinate the delivery of fertilizer to Malawi amid a fertilizer procurement scandal in Malawi… ...

Farmers want to be allowed to get fertilizer on loan from tobacco companies

Oct 31, 2022 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Chihana (C) and Kakhome (L) at Madise Health Centre Farmers in Mzimba have asked Parliament to amend the Tobacco Act to allow tobacco companies to provide loans to tobacco farmers for production of crops such… ...

Youths trained in climate resilient agricultural techniques

Oct 26, 2022 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

A non-governmental organization called "Conserve with Benefits" has trained young farmers at Kabudula in Lilongwe in agricultural practices that are more resilient to climate change. The youths have been trained in different agricultural techniques like… ...

Construction of Utale irrigation scheme completed

Oct 26, 2022 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

The Malawi Government says the construction of the Utale Irrigation scheme in Balaka district, which is under the K3.2 billion Malawi Resilience and Disaster Risk Management Project (MRDRMP), has been completed. This is according to… ...

Farmer groups to start getting MWASIP grants this month

Oct 25, 2022 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Two hundred farmer groups who are the beneficiaries of US$160 million Malawi Watershed Services Improvement Project (MWASIP) will from this month end start getting World Bank's matching grants. This is according to MWASIP technical team… ...