Affordable Input Programme (AIP) Archives

Lilongwe agricultural extension workers accused of demanding money from households

Aug 13, 2023 Synd Kalimbuka 0 &

Members of Parliament, chiefs and Ward Councillors from Lilongwe District Council have expressed concern over the tendency by some agricultural extension workers who are demanding money from farmers in order for the farmers to be… ...

A Chakaka Nyirenda atule pansi udindo – yatero CDEDI

May 02, 2023 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Bungwe lolimbikitsa chilungamo komanso kuunikira momwe Boma likuyendera la Centre for Democracy and Economic Initiatives (CDEDI) lati mlangizi wa boma nkhani za malamulo (Attorney General) Thabo Chakaka Nyirenda atule pansi udindo ngati sapereka umboni pa… ...

Angry residents demand back money for AIP fertilizer in Thyolo

Feb 09, 2023 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

Residents of Samson village in the area of Traditional Authority Thomas in Thyolo this morning marched to the office of Thyolo District Commissioner to demand back their money which they paid for the purchase of… ...

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… ...

Three found with offensive weapons at SFFRFM depot

Jan 17, 2023 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Police in Dowa on Monday arrested three men for allegedly being found with a gun and other offensive weapons at a selling point for fertilizer under the Affordable Inputs Program (AIP). Dowa Police Station Publicist… ...

CDEDI demands Chakwera to issue report on AIP

Jan 04, 2023 Martha Chikoti 0 &

The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has demanded President Lazarus Chakwera to present a comprehensive report to Malawians on the progress of the Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP) and how K188 billion allocated… ...

Attorney General Nyirenda promises to resign

Dec 21, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Attorney General Thabo Chakaka Nyirenda has promised to resign over the K750 million which was paid to a United Kingdom based butchery. In October, it was revealed that Government had been defrauded of K750 million… ...

K180 billion AIP budget vanishes as Malawi relies on donated fertilizer

Nov 17, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Minister of Agriculture Sam Kawale (R) at a factory where donated fertilizer is being blended and packed …Tonse selling donated fertilizer at K15 thousand Malawi has received over 70,000 metric tonnes of donated fertilizer which the… ...

2022 AIP to be launched this weekend

Nov 15, 2022 Shorai Mopiwa 0 &

The Government of Malawi will launch the Affordable Inputs Program (AIP) in Dedza district on 19th November, weeks after K750 million was lost in the procurement of fertilizer for the program. Secretary for Agriculture Medrina… ...

Activists say Chakwera should apologise for promising Malawians cheap fertilizer

Nov 14, 2022 Martha Chikoti 0 &

The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has demanded President Lazarus Chakwera to apologise because he promised Malawians that they would be buying fertilizer under Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP) at K4,500 per 50… ...

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… ...

Malawi Attorney General in Germany to recover US$543,000

Nov 10, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Attorney General Thabo Chakaka Nyirenda is in Germany to recover part of the K750 million which was paid to United Kingdom based Barkaat Foods Limited. The money, $543,000 (K550 million), was frozen in Germany after… ...

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… ...

Joint Parliamentary Committee sends back SPC Colleen Zamba

Nov 04, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The Joint Parliamentary Committee which is investigating the fertilizer procurement scandal has today sent back Secretary to the President and Cabinet Colleen Zamba. According to the Chairperson for Parliamentary Agricultural Committee Zameeer Suleman, the failure… ...

Barkaat Foods offered cheap prices – Lowe

Nov 03, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 1 &

Former Minister of Agriculture Lobin Lowe has explained the decision to choose United Kingdom based butchery as a supplier of fertilizer saying the cheap prices offered by the company excited the ministry. Lowe made the… ...