Two chickens going at K140,000
Two chickens are being sold at K140,000 in Lilongwe with the seller touting the chickens as excellent egg layers. On a group call Poultry Farmers Malawi, one person is selling a Blue Orpington hen and… ...
Month: December 2020 Posts
Lowe hopes more farmers will get agricultural advice through new strategy
Minister of Agriculture has expressed hope that the newly launched National Agriculture Extension and Advisory Service Strategy will help the ministry reach more farmers in hard to reach areas with extension services. He was speaking… ...
Malawi farmers urged to grow industrial hemp
The Centre for Agricultural Transformation (CAT) has urged small scale farmers to diversify and start growing crops such as Industrial Hemp other than just relying on tobacco. Speaking on 1st December, 2020 at BICC in… ...
CISANET calls for reforms in Agricultural sector
By Romeo Umali The Civil Society Agriculture Network (CISANET) says there is a need for reforms in the agricultural sector to ensure that massive investments in the sector are not wasted. The director of CISANET,… ...
Man found with 33 bags of AIP fertilizer
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… ...
Lowe challenges Shire Valley Irrigation project implementers on performance
Minister of Agriculture Lobin Lowe has challenged implementing partners for the Shire Valley Transformation Project to set performance indicators to ensure that the multibillion kwacha loan project materialises. Lowe said the special key performance indicators… ...
Over 20,000 households to get food assistance in Zomba
By Synd Kalimbuka Over 20, 000 households are expected to get food assistance from government in Zomba district during the lean season. According to Relief and Rehabilitation Officer at Department of Disaster and Management Affairs… ...
Man arrested for creating 95 ghost AIP beneficiaries
Police in Dedza have arrested an extension worker who created 95 ghost beneficiaries of the Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP). Confirming the development was Dedza police deputy public relations officer Sergeant Cassim Manda who identified the… ...
Talking Blues: Isn’t President Chakwera proving to be all talk and no trouser?
Facts being to the mind what food is to the body (Edmund Burke), I will start with facts. Justice Dr Chifundo Kachale’s extraordinary leadership in managing the 23 June 2020 Fresh Presidential Election raised our… ...
Thousands to get capital from FARMSE
About 18,000 people from 9 districts are set to be given seed capital to enable them to venture in businesses, courtesy of Financial Access for Rural Markets, Smallholders and Enterprise (FARMSE). This follows the successful… ...
JTI awards farmers
Japan Tobacco International (JTI) Leaf Malawi has awarded over 300 farmers’ clubs with ox-carts, bicycles and solar lamps for producing high quality tobacco. The farmers were awarded under a program called Mlimi Odzitsata which is… ...
Agricultural Transformation Initiative impressed with irrigation farmers in Dedza
Agricultural Transformation Initiative (ATI) and Farmers Union of Malawi (FUM) have hailed farmers who are growing various crops using irrigation at Golomoti and Ntakataka EPAs in Dedza. Speaking on Tuesday at Kam'tsitsi village, TA Kachindamoto… ...
Rumphi HRDC cancels demos
Rumphi chapter of the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has cancelled demonstrations against poor management of the Affordable Input Programme (AIP) after a meeting with government officials. Malawi Government through ministry of Agriculture on Tuesday… ...
ADMARC CEO Jumbe suspended
ADMARC Limited’s Board of directors has suspended Chief Executive Officer Felix Jumbe and two directors. A memo dated November 11 and signed by chairperson of the board Alexander Kusamba Dzonzi says Director of Finance Harold… ...
Rumphi HRDC to hold demos
Rumphi community members led by Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) leaders in the district have said they will hold demonstrations over poor management of Affordable Input Program (AIP) in the district. According to a letter… ...
