NASFAM Archives

NGOs want Govt to reduce funding for AIP

Mar 04, 2022 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

Action Aid Malawi together with the National Smallholder Farmers Association of Malawi (NASFAM) have asked Government to reduce money allocated to Affordable Input Program (AIP), saying the program is taking much of the agriculture budget.… ...

Experts urge African leaders to propel youth participation in agriculture

Sep 10, 2021 Chris Loka 0 &

Agriculture experts have urged leaders in African countries including Malawi to deliberately formulate agriculture policies and programs that will help young people to adopt new technologies and access productive resources including loans, land and markets.… ...

AIP has shifted focus from other crops to Maize – MPs

Jun 12, 2021 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Parliamentarians have expressed concern that the Affordable Inputs Subsidy Programme (AIP) has moved the focus from other crops such as Tobacco to Maize alone. This was said during a Cluster Committee on Agriculture Irrigation &… ...

Nankhumwa commends small-scale farmers

Jan 29, 2020 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development, Kondwani Nankhumwa has commended small-scale farmers for their significant role in socioeconomic development of Malawi. Nankhumwa said this on Monday during Nasfam's 23rd Annual General Meeting (AGM) in… ...

APM wants more investors in agriculture sector

Aug 17, 2017 Martha Chikoti 20 &

President Peter Mutharika has said Malawi needs to woo more investors to recapitalize the agriculture industry for the country’s economy to grow. President Mutharika made the remarks on Wednesday during the official opening of the… ...