Standard Bank committed to Malawi’s agriculture: In 2nd draw of tobacco farmers promotion

Standard Bank remains committed to uplifting Malawi’s agricultural sector through support to farmers which should help sustain the country’s agrarian economy, a senior bank official has said.

The draw as Kazima looks on
The draw as Kazima looks on

Gray Kazima, Head of Sales in the Global Markets division was speaking in Lilongwe during the second draw of the bank’s ‘Mlimi Alirenji’ promotion which has been designed to improve tobacco growers’ income.

“While this promotion is specific to the tobacco sector, Standard Bank has a track record of supporting Malawi’s agriculture overall. I would therefore like to urge all farmers in Malawi to take advantage of the bank’s resources in terms of financial and human talent, to benefit from our tailored solutions in this segment,” he said.

Kazima said as a partner in the development of mother Malawi, Standard Bank has taken a keen interest in the new set of four agriculture policies announced by President Peter Mutharika during his pre-budget speech in Parliament.

“Agriculture still remains important to the Malawi economy as a source of both food and income. Standard Bank is committed to partner in helping to uplift the agriculture sector, and that’s why we continue to come up with initiatives such as Mlimi Alirenji promotion. This resonates with our strategic goal to contribute towards growth of mother Malawi’s economy,” he said.

He said prizes in Mlimi Alirenji Promotion have been designed to help tobacco growers with their net season’s green leaf production. During the second draw, 92 tobacco growers won various prizes bringing the total number of winners to 184.

Top fortnightly prizes are two bailing jacks and 20 hesian sacks. The grand prize is a brand new farm tractor estimated at K16 million.

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Vic Goldman
7 years ago

I think this article about Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture could be interesting too http://ai.business/2016/05/03/artificial-intelligence-in-agriculture-part-1-how-farming-is-going-automated-with-robots/

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