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paul
paul
7 years ago

Farmers will get more kwacha but when it comes to farm inputs they will pay more as kwacha has already started the depreciation

Little Bwana
Little Bwana
7 years ago

Just last week there was a story about a shortage of maize, looming hunger, and strategies to import (import!!!) maize until our stores replenish. Why are we spending taxpayers’ and donors’ money importing maize when we are exporting a nutritious and more sustainable soya crop? Not having maize does not mean people are hungry, yet the headlines read gloom and doom. What is maize anyway? Malawi is blessed with diverse food and fertile soil. Please, there are alternatives to maize and maize is not even that healthy – nsima ilibe zoyenelera nthupi. Let’s not be so stubborn. Why should we… Read more »

Ngwazi
Ngwazi
7 years ago

This a good development. We need more of these articles. A touch on the analysis and reporting will make the article a great piece of information. When you write and say last year, which time of the agricultural season? I real terms, how much was the kwacha price then, and how much is it now? Which markets are offering the average MK310 price?

Otherwise this is good information.

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