cISANET Archives

Speed up FISP – Govt told

Aug 14, 2017 Luke Bisani 2 &

The Civil Society Agriculture Network (CISANET) has urged Malawi government to speed up implementation of the Farm Input Subsidy Program (FISP) for the 2017/18 farming season. According to CISANET, the delay to start implementing the… ...

Malawi Govt. says armyworms will not affect harvest

Mar 14, 2017 Victoria Milanzi 1 &

Government has assured Malawians that the country will still realise a good harvest despite armyworms attacking some maize fields. Deputy director of crop development in the ministry of agriculture Bartholomew Ngauma said some crops have… ...

Malawi should research for pest resistant maize – Cisanet

Mar 07, 2017 Victoria Milanzi 0 &

Civil Society Agriculture Network (Cisanet) has called on government to invest in research for resistant varieties of maize in order to deal with armyworms which have destroyed maize in parts of the country. This is… ...

CISANET happy with maizegate inquiry outcome

Feb 18, 2017 Victoria Milanzi 12 &

The Civil Society Agriculture Network (CISANET) says it is satisfied with the report presented by the Joint Committee of Parliament which went to Zambia to probe the maize gate scandal. CISANET sponsored the committee’s trip… ...

Cisanet wants maizegate culprits behind bars

Feb 01, 2017 Victoria Milanzi 2 &

The Civil Society Agriculture Network (Cisanet) says it wants people implicated in the maizegate scandal arrested as it is disappointing that the public officers entrusted with responsibility chose to misuse resources. This is coming at… ...

Admarc maize price higher than vendor’s

Dec 29, 2016 Victoria Milanzi 47 &

The Civil Society Agriculture Network (CISANET) has expressed dismay on the maize price being offered by Agricultural Development Market Corporation (Admarc). This is coming at a time when some quarters are suggesting that the entire… ...

Govt slammed over FISP hiccups

Dec 28, 2016 Victoria Milanzi 5 &

The Civil Society Agriculture Network (CISANET) has expressed dissatisfaction over the delay in the distribution of farm inputs under the trademark Farm Input Subsidy Program (FISP) to farmers in some districts of the country. According… ...