Month: February 2021 Posts

Lowe says low productivity blocking farmers’ participation in markets

Feb 15, 2021 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Minister of Agriculture Lobin Lowe says smallholder farmers fail to participate in markets, agro-processing and value addition as they do not harvest enough produce. He was speaking during virtual meeting on Future of Smallholder Farming… ...

Lowe hopes more farmers will get agricultural advice through new strategy

Dec 11, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

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… ...

CISANET calls for reforms in Agricultural sector

Dec 05, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

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,… ...

Lowe challenges Shire Valley Irrigation project implementers on performance

Nov 30, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

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… ...

Talking Blues: Isn’t President Chakwera proving to be all talk and no trouser?

Nov 16, 2020 Mapwiya Muulupale 0 &

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… ...

Chakwera touts AIP as a fulfilled campaign promise

Oct 17, 2020 Cyrus Bengo 0 &

President Dr Lazarus Chakwera has disagreed with some quarters of the society who claim that the Tonse Alliance is failing to implement its campaign promises, saying the Affordable Input Program (AIP) is a fulfilled promise.… ...

Affordable Input Programme to be launched next week

Oct 07, 2020 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Government through the ministry of agriculture has announced that it will next week launch the Affordable Input Programme (AIP). This is according to the minister of Agriculture Lobin Lowe who announced the development in Parliament… ...

Expert says farmers should be exposed to more crops

Oct 03, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

An agriculture expert says establishing markets for farmers in both rural and urban areas and exposing farmers to alternative crops is a key way of improving agriculture in the country. Country Director for Agriculture for… ...

Affordable Input Programme top of Chakwera’s agenda – Chilima

Aug 04, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Vice President Saulos Chilima says the Affordable Input Programme (AIP) is at the top of President Lazarus Chakwera’s agenda. Chilima on Monday met Minister of Agriculture Lobin Lowe and he told the minister about the… ...

4.2 million farmers in Malawi to access cheap fertilizer

Jul 31, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 2 &

The Ministry of Agriculture has said the Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP) will target 4.2 million smallholder farmers and and has estimated that 6.8 million metric tons of maize will be realized in 2020/21 growing season.… ...

MCP faults Mutharika over new Covid-19 taskforce

Apr 29, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

The Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has faulted President Peter Mutharika for not consulting opposition politicians on the membership of the Covid-19 Presidential Taskforce which Mutharika announced yesterday. Speaking at a press briefing today, MCP General… ...

MCP appoints new leader of opposition

Feb 28, 2019 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

The opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has appointed a new Leader of Opposition to replace the party’s president Lazarus Chakwera. Confirming the development through a press release was the party's publicity secretary Rev Maurice Munthali… ...