Fertilizer Archives

Nankhumwa calls out Govt over AIP delay

Nov 18, 2022 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Leader of Opposition Kondwani Nankhumwa says it is unacceptable for government to be telling people to not worry about the Affordable Inputs Program (AIP) considering that rains have already started in the country. Nankhumwa said… ...

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… ...

Moses Khombe admits pressurizing Govt to pay K750m to Barkaat

Nov 09, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Moses Khombe, Director of Sheba Oil and Gas Company, has admitted authoring an email in which he appeared to pressurize Government officials to pay K750 million to United Kingdom based butchery Barkaat Foods Limited. Khombe… ...

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… ...

Govt faulted for buying fertilizer at over K106,000 per 50Kg bag

Nov 06, 2022 Martha Chikoti 0 &

The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has questioned differences in prices of fertilizer for the 2022/23 Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP), saying government intends to pay some suppliers K24,000 per 50Kg bag and… ...

Malawi engages Mozambique over fertilizer

Nov 02, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Minister of Agriculture Sam Kawale and Minister of Transport Jacob Hara travelled to Mozambique where they engaged Mozambique Government officials to coordinate the delivery of fertilizer to Malawi amid a fertilizer procurement scandal in Malawi… ...

Mtambo, Chimwendo Banda travelled to South Africa to search for fertilizer suppliers

Nov 01, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Smallholder Farmers Fertilizer Revolving Fund of Malawi (SFRM) has revealed that it paid for Minister of Youth Richard Chimwendo Banda and Minister of National Unity Timothy Mtambo's trip to South Africa where they went to… ...

Farmers want to be allowed to get fertilizer on loan from tobacco companies

Oct 31, 2022 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Chihana (C) and Kakhome (L) at Madise Health Centre Farmers in Mzimba have asked Parliament to amend the Tobacco Act to allow tobacco companies to provide loans to tobacco farmers for production of crops such… ...

Ministry of Agriculture involved in another fertilizer scam

Oct 21, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Minister of Agriculture Lobin Lowe The Tonse Alliance Government through the Ministry of Agriculture told Paramount Group to supply 10,000 tonnes of fertilizer for the Affordable Inputs Program (AIP) even though the company had no… ...

Lowe fired as AIP committee chairperson

Oct 19, 2022 Russell Kondowe 1 &

President Lazarus Chakwera has fired Minister of Agriculture Lobin Lowe as chairperson the Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP) Committee amid revelations that Government has been duped out of K750 million meant for the AIP. Chakwera has… ...

Nankhumwa wants agriculture minister Lowe fired

Oct 14, 2022 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Leader of Opposition Kondwani Nankhumwa has asked the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to institute investigations into the alleged K30 billion fertilizer purchase scam and he has called on President Lazarus Chakwera to fire agriculture minister Lobin… ...