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My name is Uncle Bae, I am an African, born and bred, taught and trained to express gratitude where it...
Tamani and CISANET: You have just done the right thing. Farmers have been reduced to tenants on their own land. We have a lot that is going and trying to support the IPS. Unfortunately the IPS remains a vehicle for oppression and exploitation by the tobacco buyers, input suppliers, financial institutions and big kahunas who are in transport sector such as Bright Msaka and Nyandule at Ministry of Agriculture, irrigation and Water Development. The whole concept of freedom of farmers is in shambles with IPS. Farmers cannot shop around for cheap sources of agricultural inputs such as seeds, fertilizer and… Read more »
The whole industry needs to reviewed holistically. What happened in 201617 season has never happened before. Can you believe there is still tobacco in the shades now, yet to be sold? When will growers buy inputs? There are m major stakeholders in the tobacco industry: the grower, the buyer and , government. Who has not done what to put farmers at this point of desperation?
This system is really a bad for the development of the country .Farmers are currently very poor and worse as they were before. Look till this october some farmers are yet to sell their tobacco because the buyers only bought few bales for loan recovery and rest is left to farmers. Farmers are reaped off even by their alangizi they demand alot of money from farmers. The stickers where registration number is written are being sold at 1500 yet they were at 100 just last year. Unless this system is abolished Malawian farmers will be poor than ever before. Peter… Read more »
It is too absurd for the buyer to grow tobacco and buy it himself because panopa ma buyers akuapanga alimi kukhala ma tenant awo zomwe zili zosabvomerezeka
Tobacco industry will be killed if we dont push in MCP into Govt …………………. they are the ones who know how these things are managed for the betterment of growers. Amalawi tulo njwiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii mpaka munthu kuchoka ku america kudzatilamula kuno