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Keen Observer
8 years ago

Soldiers don’t give protection to ministers but PMF. Irrigation where do we come short cos we have everything. Where are the irrigation schemes Kamuzu had?

Kodi Musojayo
Kodi Musojayo
8 years ago

Woo,the minister now needs a soidier next to him!!! Who pays for all these expenses???

Nzelu nkupangwa
Nzelu nkupangwa
8 years ago

What a waste of money this would be-2.4 billion USD to dig ponds and non functional dams to breed mosquitoes and tadpoles- assuming you get it at all. Rather spend 1.2 USD into hydro power or coal power to produce 1000 megawats of electricity. Ethiopia and Uganda are doing that. Of the remaining money spend 500 Million to transmit the electricity into homes and the other getting water into peoples houses. Then those whith capacity to use the electricity to pump the water whereever the want to irrrigate on commercially. This will produce both adequate food and employ thousands of… Read more »

matako a pusi
matako a pusi
8 years ago

Koma mesa amati boma lipanga company parastatal to do irrigation zili pati tikuyembekeza nthawi ya campaign zisankho?

Sad Huss Mthunzi-wa-Bowa
Sad Huss Mthunzi-wa-Bowa
8 years ago

Does intensifying irrigation mean selling all the irrigation pumps that were acquired as part of the now-defunct GreenBelt Initiative? If the government had continued with the Greenbelt project by using these pumps to supply water upland from Lake Malawi, then we would have said that it is intensifying on irrigation. Despite all the talk about irrigation, the area under irrigation has remained the same. Most of the vegetables and green maize sold on the market is from traditional irrigation. Farmers using their own inititives use watering cans to irrigate small dimba gardens. Most of these so-called irrigation schemes produce nothing.… Read more »

Makito
Makito
8 years ago

Did Thyola… farm benefit from a government programme? Otherwise all I read is about a plan.

Madala
Madala
8 years ago

There is no ministry of Agriculture and food security in Malawi. What I know is that we have ministry of Agriculture , Irrigation and water Development. Stay updated as atolankhani!!

benjnes
8 years ago

Irrigation system is the key to reduce poverty in the country but our government is dum can not think. so it is true that they have sold land to foreigners coz surely they know that is best.

freedom
freedom
8 years ago

no wonder we have shire river filling up. you have to rethink the side effects of these irrigations

Thanduxolo
Thanduxolo
8 years ago

Intensifying irrigation agriculture through touring some ramshackle facilities? Hahahahaha!

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