Scarcity of fuel especially diesel has led to the delay in transportation of subsidized fertilizer and maize seed to farmers. All vehicles that are hired to transport the farm inputs use diesel which is a very rare commodity in Malawi. Many farmers in the southern region of the country and part of the central region […]
Barely three days after police arrested a transporter for allegedly diverting the whole consignment of subsidized fertilizer he was entrusted to deliver in Thyolo district, a 23-year-old man is in police custody after being found with an unexplained 40 bags of the same. The transporter Symon Kaunda is reported to have loaded 600 bags of […]
Global experts on environment and development have realized that agriculture can be a critical tool to solve problems associated with climate change and weather variability in many counties. This realization comes in the wake that the world population will grow from current 7 billion to 9 billion by 2050 with most of the increase occurring […]
Police in Blantyre have arrested three ADMARC employees for allegedly selling the 2011/2012 subsidized fertilizer at K1000 per 50kg bag instead of the government set price of K500. Southern Region Deputy Police spokesperson Edna Ligowe said the three were arrested at Nancholi ADMARC depot after getting a tip from disgruntled buyers. Ligowe said the three […]
Malawi has received cash boost of K473 million from Ireland on its agricultural subsidy programme as its contribution to ensuring food security in Malawi. President Bingu wa Mutharika introduced the Farm Input Subsidy Programme (FISP) in 2005 to improve national food security and lift the productivity of smallholder farmers after several years of drought brought […]
By Lusubilo Sichali, Nyasa Times Despite the 2010/11 Farm Input Subsidy Programme (FISP) review faulting the manner in which tenders of the supply and delivery of fertilizer were offered by government, the 2011/12 procurement process is almost a repeat of the previous scenario. Last year, the FISP review observed that some of the bidders were […]