Month: September 2021 Posts

Boma lati linafusa kaye lisanakweze mtengo wa feteleza

Sep 17, 2021 Archangel Nzangaya 1 &

Boma la Malawi lati linayamba lafusa kaye kumbali zonse zokhudzidwa ngati kunali koyenera kukweza mtengo wa feteleza mundondomeko yazipangizo zaulimi zotsika mtengo, AIP, ndipo lati alimi ena amati panalibe vuto mtengo olo ukanafika pa K10,000.… ...

Govt raises price of AIP fertilizer

Sep 16, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Government says farmers will now be paying K7,500 for a 50KG bag of fertilizer under the Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP). This is an increase from the K4,495 which farmers were paying under the AIP in… ...

State House downplays concerns over conflicting statements on AIP

Sep 13, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

State House has downplayed concerns over conflicting statements from Minister of Agriculture and President Lazarus Chakwera on the Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP). This morning during the State House brief, Director of Communications at State House,… ...

Difficult to maintain AIP beneficiaries list, Minister tells CDEDI

Sep 04, 2021 Martha Chikoti 0 &

The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) says Minister of Agriculture Lobin Lowe has told the organization that the initial beneficiaries’ list of the Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP) can only be maintained if… ...

CDEDI demands Lowe’s resignation over AIP

Aug 27, 2021 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has called on Minister of Agriculture Lobin Lowe to resign, saying his ministry reduced the number of Affordable Input Programme (AIP) beneficiaries without consulting President Lazarus Chakwera… ...

Over one million farmers removed from AIP beneficiary list

Jul 23, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 1 &

Affordable Input Programme (AIP), the Lazarus Chakwera administration’s flagship programme, will have one million less beneficiaries this year with government citing financial constraints and rising fertilizer prices as factors for the reduction in number of… ...

AIP has shifted focus from other crops to Maize – MPs

Jun 12, 2021 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Parliamentarians have expressed concern that the Affordable Inputs Subsidy Programme (AIP) has moved the focus from other crops such as Tobacco to Maize alone. This was said during a Cluster Committee on Agriculture Irrigation &… ...

ECAMA concerned over viability of duty-free week

Jun 07, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Economics Association of Malawi (ECAMA) says the duty-free week which will be introduced in the 2021/22 financial year  will  stifle local production as it promotes imports and will see government losing revenue. ECAMA raised its… ...

Karonga district to have bumper harvest

Mar 28, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Written by: Naomi Langisi Karonga Director of Agriculture Environment and Natural Resources Raphael Mkisi says there is high expectation that farmers in the district will have a 25 percent increase in crop harvesting this year… ...

People of Mzimba West fault Government over AIP

Feb 14, 2021 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

People living around Kafukule, Malidadi and Mpherembe in Mzimba West are concerned over food shortage this year  as they have failed to buy fertilizer under the Affordable Input Program (AIP) because of the system government… ...

Chakwera says Tonse will achieve plenty in 2021

Jan 01, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera says considering what the Tonse Alliance administration has accomplished in 185 days, he is convinced that plenty will be achieved in this new year He made the remarks on Thursday in a… ...

Woman collapses while waiting to buy cheap fertilizer

Dec 10, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A 65-year-old woman collapsed on Wednesday morning while standing in a queue for Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP) in Dedza district, police have confirmed. The deceased identified as Shyleen Kamtameni of Kumtelera village in the area… ...

Two trucks carrying fertilizer intercepted in Chikwawa

Dec 02, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

Police in Chikwawa on Tuesday night intercepted two trucks carrying 913 bags of fertilizer. Police Officer in Charge, Senior Assistant Commissioner Jane Mandala, said the bags were intercepted at Kamuzu Bridge roadblock and the law… ...

Man found with 33 bags of AIP fertilizer

Nov 30, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

By Topson Banda Police in Kasungu have arrested a 48-year-old man for being found with bags of fertilizer which are suspected to have been stolen. The suspect has been identified as Matias Chimkonda. According to… ...

Talking Blues: Is President Chakwera’s come-to-Jesus moment a harbinger of good tidings?

Nov 30, 2020 Mapwiya Muulupale 0 &

Monday 23 November 2020 will be remembered as the day that President Lazarus Chakwera experienced his presidential come-to-Jesus moment. Speaking at Kamuzu Palace when chairing the signing ceremony of Public Service Reform Performance Contracts with… ...