Month: October 2022 Posts

Malawi Govt paid K750 million to butchery for fertilizer procurement

Oct 13, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera with Agriculture Minister Lobin Lowe Malawi Government paid US$727,000 (K750 million) to a meat company for the procurement of fertilizer meant for the Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP). The Ministry of Agriculture has… ...

CDEDI wants Parliament to summon Agriculture Minister over maize, AIP

Sep 15, 2022 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has penned Parliamentary Chairperson for agriculture Committee to summon Agriculture Minister Lobin Lowe in a quest to seek light on maize scarcity and Affordable Input Programme (AIP)… ...

Nankhumwa tells ADMARC employees to return to work on Monday

Sep 02, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 1 &

Leader of Opposition Kondwani Nankhumwa has told Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (ADMARC) employees to defy a directive by the Lazarus Chakwera administration and return to work on Monday. Nankhumwa made the call at a… ...

Wastefulness: Malawi spends K105m for Robin Lowe & six others for air tickets to China

Jul 02, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The Greenbelt Authority has spent K105 million on air tickets for Minister of Agriculture Lobin Lowe and six other officials to travel to China. Lowe and six officials are going to Wuhan in China via… ...

Dairy farmers given hope over prices

Jun 02, 2022 Malawi News Agency (MANA) 0 &

Minister of Agriculture, Lobin Lowe, says government will speed up the process of establishing a National Milk Marketing Board to control milk production and regulate minimum price for the product in the country. He disclosed… ...

Mzuzu tobacco market opens

May 09, 2022 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

The 2022 tobacco market in the Northern Region of Malawi has opened today, with about 1,598 tobacco bales sold. Minister of Agriculture Lobin Lowe who opened the market said Government is doing everything to talk… ...

Govt asks Tobacco buyers to offer good prices

Mar 12, 2022 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Government has asked tobacco buyers to offer farmers good prices in this year's tobacco marketing season, saying farmers have suffered for a long time due to low prices. The plea was made by the Minister… ...