The Joyce Banda Foundation International (JBFI) at the weekend witnessed the transfer of tens of goats from initial beneficiaries to new ones at Kanono Village in Traditional Authority (T/A) Saimoni’s area in Neno district. Under the one goat/cow per family programme, JBFI provides cows and goats to families and that the beneficiary families or groups […]
President Peter Mutharika has retaliated that he will not continue with the One Dairy Cow per Family’ project which was launched by his predecessor Joyce Banda. One Dairy Cow per Family’ project was being coordinated by Presidential Initiative on Poverty and Hunger in conjunction with the Ministry of Agriculture, but Mutharika said that has been abolished […]
Malawi’s new President Peter Mutharika has said he will not continue with the One Dairy Cow per Family’ project which was launched by his predecessor Joyce Banda. Mutharika said on Sunday that One Dairy Cow per Family’ project has ended “immediately.” “Zogawa ng’ombe, zogawa nkhuku zitha (we will stop One Dairy Cow per Family’ project),” […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Director of Campaign, Felix Jumbe openly challenged president Joyce Banda on what he claimed is personalising the Ministry of Agriculture project on One Cow a Family. Speaking at a rally at Chipoka in Salima to mark the launch of the MCP manifesto in Salima South Constituency, Jumbe accused Banda of personalising […]
President Joyce Banda has said that her administration is determined to put a lot of emphasis on restructuring the agricultural sector to enhance economic growth, employment and poverty reduction. She was speaking on Monday at a development rally she addressed at Njonja Primary School Ground in T/A Kachere’s area in Dedza after handing over cattle […]
President Joyce Banda Saturday elevated Traditional Authority Nthache of Mwanza to Senior Chief, saying the chief’s commitment towards development work in the country is the reason of his promotion. PBanda announced the elevation of T/A Nthache at Mwanza EPA ground where she held a developmental rally. “I’m elevating Chief Nthache to Senior Chief because of […]
President Joyce Banda has challenged Malawians to abandon the routine way of looking at things, begin to ask themselves tough questions and find complex answers to reasons why Malawi remains poor after 49 years of independence and self-rule. Banda said although macro-economic stability and appreciable economic growth has been achieved over the time she has […]
Malawi President Joyce Banda has told the nation that in the next growing season she will introduce a parallel Fertilizer Subsidy Input Programme to benefit those that will not get from government funded programme. Banda made the revelation during the cattle distribution exercise that took place in Zomba on Sunday. The President said she is […]
President Joyce Banda says she wants at least one million families to benefit from the One Dairy Cow per Family’ project, which seeks to bail Malawians out of abject poverty. Speaking at Traditional Authority Kalolo Headquarters in Namitete in Lilongwe during the launch of the project on hunger and poverty eradication alongside her Mozambican counterpart […]
Malawi President Dr. Joyce Banda has said ‘a cow a family’ initiative that she officially launched at Mpasa Trading Centre in Paramount Chief Mkhumba’s area in Phalombe on Wednesday, February 27, 2013, aims at empowering families to own livestock in Malawi in addition to crop farming. The President said the initiative, which is under Presidential […]