Government through the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security says it is intensifying irrigation farming in the country in order to increase agriculture production and productivity. This was disclosed by the minister responsible Dr Allan Chiyembekeza when he toured Thyolansanu Farm in in Namitete along Mchinji Road. He said Malawi has been experiencing low crop […]
Smallholder farmers waiting to benefit from 2015-2016 Farm Input Subsidy Programme (FISP) should begin to consider revising their budget now, the cost of buying two bags of subsidised fertilizer and seeds is now at K8500 from K1, 150. This means cost of contribution towards the FISP for each bag of fertiliser has gone up by […]
Minister of Agriculture and water development Allan Chiyembekeza has challenged Malawi Civil Society activist to bring alternative ideas on agriculture economy than just criticising government policies. Chiyembekeza said this when he officially opening CISANET 2015 National Conference and Annual General Meeting. He said time for just criticising government policies is over. Chiyembekeza said it has become a […]
Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water development has hailed Mosanto Malawi for supporting the farming community with high quality hybrid seeds and appropriate technologies that have assisted farmers in the country to maximize their production. Minister of Agricultute, Dr Allan Chiyembekeza said during a field visit at Nchela irrigation scheme in Zomba organized by Monsanto […]
Malawi Government on Monday went flat out hitting at anti-tobacco campaign which is being champion by the United Nations World Health Organisation(WHO) and that will keep on supporting is tobacco industry, the mainstay of the economy, despite opposition from anti-smoking groups. Minister of Agriculture and Water development Dr Allan Chiyembekeza speaking when he was opening […]
Malawi government says it has set aside measures to address the impending hunger in the country. Agriculture Minister Dr. Allan Chiyembekeza said this last Friday during the commemoration of the Global Day of Action (GDA) for Nutrition in Mulanje. Malawi faces looming hunger following dry spells torrential rains and floods experienced in some parts of […]
Mzuzu Auction Floors officially opened Wednesday morning with farmers expressing dissatisfaction as well as disappointment over prices offered for their tobacco. The development forced the sales to a halt for some minutes, only to resume later after discussions with the buyers. President of Tobacco Association of Malawi (TAMA), Reuben Maigwa, speaking on behalf of tobacco […]
Malawi has officially released on Tuesday the results of 2014/15 Agriculture Production estimates which show a decrease of 27.7 percent of maize production in the country. Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development, Allan Chiyembekeza said on Tuesday in the capital Lilongwe that maize production has decreased from 3.9 million metric tons realized in 2013/14 […]
Malawi will see a “substantial decrease” in the maize harvest of its staple maize crop in 2015 due to a combination of floods and drought, Agriculture Minister Allan Chiyembekeza said on Wednesday. Malawi, which had a bumper crop of 3.9 million tonnes in 2014 and a surplus of over a million tonnes, has experienced torrential […]
Universal Trading a local Agri-business company in partnership with a Kenya based KingStart Company on Monday donated 25 Money Maker Treadle pumps and Hand Pumps worth K2 million to Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development to be distributed to farmers affected by floods in 15 districts. Speaking after receiving the pumps in Lilongwe, Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development, […]
Malawi Agriculture and Food Security Minister Allan Chiyembekeza has said government needs at least e US $16m to distribute seed and other farm inputs in the flood affected areas several thousands of hectares of crop fields were washed away. Government wants to use the money to distribute seed for early maturing food crop and other […]
Malawi farmers can now afford a smile as government has finally launched the 2014/15 Farm Input Subsidy Programme (Fisp) amid financial constraints to dispatch the commodities to various areas. The programme was launched Tuesday in Chitipa, but some parts are yet to receive the subsidised inputs. Minister of Agriculture Dr Allan Chiyembekeza said suppliers had challenges with […]
Minister of Agriculture Allan Chiyembekeza suspected a foul play on this year’s Farm Input Subsidy Program (Fisp) which experience some hitches with some districts not yet provided with the coupons or fertiliser for distribution despite it being rainy season. Chiyembekeza in an interview monitored on public broadcaster MBC, questioned the delay by the Reserve Bank […]
Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development Allan Chiyembekeza on has contradicted Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe who said government has discontinued the programme started by the People’s Party (PP) administration of former president Joyce Banda on Farm Input Loan Programme (FILP) which was run parallel to the national Farm Inputs […]
After President Peter Mutharika promised that Malawi, traditionally dependent on Western aid donors, will look for “new friends” in countries such as China and Russia, his government has moved in to seek expansion of bilateral relations with Iran and will open an embassy in Tehran. Malawian Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation Allan Chiyembekeza, who is on […]
Malawi’s poor who relies on subsidized fertilizers for their farm produce will soon start dipping more into their pockets to get 50kilongram of fertilizers following government announcement that it intend to revise the price upwards from the current K500. Malawi’s minister of agriculture Allan Chiyembekeza says the move aims to make the program more sustainable. […]
Malawigovernment has completed a probe into the alleged rotting and subsequent disappearance of 30,000 metric tonnes of maize in its Strategic Grain Reserves in the capital Lilongwe. Information and Civic Education Minister Kondwani Nankhumwa said the government conducted the investigations into the alleged rotten of maize and its disposal at the national silos. “We are […]
One of Malawi’s leading tobacco companies, JTI Leaf Malawi has reaffirmed its commitment to partner with Malawi Government, growers and other stakeholders in the country’s drive to transform the tobacco industry. This transformation is geared to strengthen the country’s socio-economic development. The company’s Managing Director Fries Vanneste was speaking in the capital, Lilongwe on Monday […]