Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation of Malawi (Admarc) has urged farmers in the country to start growing more cotton as the crop is in demand on international markets.
This is coming when government is being urged to promote the growing of other crops as tobacco is being shunned due to an anti-smoking campaign championed by the World Health Organization.
Director of operations for Admarc Fekson Kantonga said cotton is currently attracting more buyers on the international markets hence the need for farmers to plant more of the crop this growing season.
”On the international market a type of cotton like Makoka produce good quality crop which is favorable on the international market so the farmers must produce more cotton,” said Kamtonga.
According to reports, various countries such China – itself a major cotton producer – has shown interest to buy cotton from Malawi as it is of good quality.
The problem for Malawi however is low production of the crop as there is lack of motivation for farmers to continue growing the crop. In the past two years Malawi has failed to match its record cotton production which was recorded in the 2012/2013 growing season.
In that season Malawi produced 100,000 Metric Tonnes (MT) of the crop but output fell in 2014 when the country produced 45,000 MT which was followed by a production of 49,000 MT in 2015.
In the 2016 season, farmers only presented 13,000 MT of cotton against a local demand of 250,000 MT.
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ife kwathu cotton ndiye ai sitimadya pepani
Kodi a malawi osauka ndekuti nzeru alibetu mukango lora zopusazo a malawi osauka muzafa ndi njala mpakana kalekala limani zakudya kuti zithandize moyowanu
ZABODZA!!!! Poyamba amatelo koma pogulitsa amatembenuka. Izi zimacitika caka ndi caka. Caka cinoso alimi wena adabwezedwa nalo pakali pano lili mnyumba ngati sanatenthe. Ndibwino kulima khobwe, umapindula kwambili. Mwina tidzalimaso likadzafika pa K850/kg. Kumangoti lili pa high demand koma mtengo osakweza, rubbish, wamva #malawi24, i said RUBBISH.
Dziko liti akufuna thonje?? Kwaoko kulibe pansi, osalima okha bwa? Mwavu uno mumatero koma nthawi yokolola simumagulanso mbeu,,or inuyo admarc mulime nokha mbeu mulinazo,makasu,feteleza zonse mulinazo alimileni akufuna thonje-wo
mimbazanuuuuuu kuno kumayakhula zamanyizi apa ine ndatha 26years zakubadwa sinawone mami dad akusangalalaaaa kuti apha makwacha from mulimi, mbava izi gayezi tizingolima chimanga basi tikakolola tisamale kuti tisave njala chinangwa ndi mbatata, koma fondya ndi thonje muzingolemeresaa athu ena
Vuto ndi lakuti ngakhale thonjelo likufunika kwambiri pa msika, koma alimi adzadyeledwa masuku pamutu.Odzadyelera ndi ena.
Zautsiru basi,alimbikitseni anthu kulima chimanga osati mbwelera zanuzo.
We grow more but poor prices during marketing tym.sorry fo ur day light robbery !!
That’s rubbish, r they going to eat that cotton, y not more maize?