Farmers Union of Malawi (FUM) Archives

FUM commends National Bank for engaging farmers on financial inclusion

Apr 14, 2022 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

Farmers Union of Malawi (FUM) has commended National Bank of Malawi for engaging farmers from rural areas on financial inclusion, saying this is very good because many farmers have been going through challenges in accessing… ...

AGRA engages farmers on agriculture sustainability, markets

Sep 06, 2021 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) on Thursday organised a workshop for farmers and other agriculture stakeholders where they discussed ways of promoting agriculture sustainability as well as access to markets. Speaking after… ...

Govt sets Maize price at K150 per Kg

Apr 02, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Malawi Government has set the price of maize for this year's marketing season at K150 per kilogramme. Minister of Agriculture Lobin Lowe announced the farm gate prices at a press briefing in Lilongwe yesterday. The… ...

Farmers to hold anti-govt demos: ADMARC yet to pay them

Feb 22, 2021 Thula Chisamba 0 &

Some farmers in the country have hinted of staging massive anti-government demonstrations over failure by the Agriculture Development and Marketing Corporation (ADMARC) to pay them in time. According to the farmers, ADMARC just got their… ...

Tobacco marketing season opens next week

Apr 18, 2019 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Japan Tobacco International (JTI) Malawi says it is ready for the 2019 tobacco season which will be officially opened on 25th April. Speaking at a press briefing, JTI Director for Corporate Affairs and Communications Limbani… ...

We don’t benefit from fertilizer subsidy – farmers

Oct 02, 2017 Luke Bisani 50 &

Farmers Union of Malawi (FUM) has claimed that farmers have no interest in getting coupons for them to access subsidized farm inputs arguing they don't benefit from the Farm Input Subsidy Program (FISP). The sentiments… ...

Tobacco prices shock FUM, CISANET

Apr 14, 2016 Victoria Milanzi 18 &

The Civil Society Agriculture Network (CISANET) and Farmers Union of Malawi (FUM) have expressed concern over the low prices tobacco buyers were offering on the first day of sales in Lilongwe. When the tobacco market… ...