Month: January 2016 Posts

Malawi Hunger: Women facing sexual abuse at Admarc depots

Jan 15, 2016 Thula Chisamba 106 &

Women across the northern region are being sexually abused by Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (Admarc) officials for them to buy maize at Admarc depots, Malawi24 has learnt. It has been observed that most of… ...

Corruption mars FISP in northern region

Dec 30, 2015 Thula Chisamba 23 &

Fresh findings by Malawi24 indicate that the farm inputs subsidy program (FISP) has been marred by corruption especially in Malawi’s northern region where some wealthy people are taking advantage of the poor to access the… ...

Admarc officials arrested selling subsidy fertilizer

Dec 30, 2015 Blessings Kalimbuka 61 &

Malawi Police in Zomba district have arrested two people working at Kamala Admarc at Mayaka for selling subsidy fertilizer to vendors. Kapila Kandeu, 28, an Assistant Clerk at Kamala Admarc and a security guard, Damson… ...

Scarcity of maize hits Likoma Island

Dec 20, 2015 Thula Chisamba 54 &

As 2.8 million Malawians are expected to face hunger in the country due to the heavy rains experienced early this year which washed away most people's crops, scarcity of maize has hit Agriculture Development and Marketing… ...

Malawi govt warns vendors on maize sell

Dec 18, 2015 Martha Chikoti 45 &

Government has warned that it will arrest vendors who buy maize from Agriculture Development and Marketing Corporation (Admarc) and later sell it to poor Malawians at a higher price. Minister of information, tourism and civic… ...

Revealed: Vendors using women and teenagers to buy maize from ADMARC

Dec 09, 2015 Thula Chisamba 32 &

Investigations carried by Malawi24 in some ADMARC depots in the northern part of Malawi show that women and children are indirectly worsening the hunger that has reportedly began hitting some parts of the country. It… ...

Vendors hijacking Maize at Admarcs in Balaka

Nov 30, 2015 Luke Bisani 38 &

Residents of Malawi's Balaka have complained to authorities on the shortage of maize in Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (Admarc) depots in the district. Speaking to a local media house, one of the residents, Anderson… ...