“People should be made aware of this money.” Agriculture Commercialisation (AGCOM) has increased its pace by ensuring that more people access the $95 Million matching grants. AGCOM National Coordinator Dr Teddie Nakhumwa was in Machinga where he was briefing the District committee on the need for more bankable business proposals. Nakhumwa said Agcom has devised […]
Agriculture minister Lobin Lowe has expressed fury over the high rejection rate currently at 72 percent. Lowe expressed the concern in Limbe Blantyre, when he presided over commissioning of this year’s Limber Auction Floors tobacco marketing season. The agriculture minister said his Ministry has since summoned all stakeholders to discuss the problem and that he […]
Agriculture minister Lobin Lowe has warned Tobacco buyers against buying Tobacco way below recommended Minimum prices. Speaking when he opened Chinkhoma Auction Floors in Kasungu, Lowe said Government is expecting that the prices will be good this year because the volume of tobacco produced this year is low. Lowe said: “You know the theory of […]
Minister of Agriculture Lobin Lowe has said the country will have a modern fertiliser manufacturing plant by December, 2023. Former president Peter Mutharika during his London last year struck an agricultural investment deal when he held talks with a team of investors, led by member of the Board for Innoselia Commercial Limited, Nir Gess and […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has expressed delight with a crop inspection report that Minister of Agriculture Lobin Lowe presented to him on Tuesday which has projected a bumper yield due to his Tonse Alliance government’s flagship Affordable Input Program (AIP). The report was presented at Kamuzu Palace in which the ministry beamed a video documentary depicting […]
Government has signed a price agreement with tobacco buyers, committing them to buy the leaf not below the agreed prices when the tobacco marketing season starts. The Grade Minimum Prices commits the buyers not to offer tobacco growers anything below the agreed prices. The government is also expected to announce the minimum price for buying […]
Minister of Agriculture Lobin Lowe and his deputy Agnes Nkusankhoma on Saturday toured various developments irrigation schemes in Zomba where the Minister directed engineers to ensure that they fix challenges which farmers at the Agricultural Irrigation schemes are facing to ensure food security. Speaking after touring Njala and Likangala Rice Scheme in Zomba, Lowe said […]
Ministry of Agriculture has announced that this year’s (2021/2022) Affordable Inputs Program (AIP) will commerce earlier than the 2020/2021 program started. Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development, Lobin Lowe, said this on Monday in Parliament during his presentation of how the 2020/2021 AIP has fared. “Last season, we worked under pressure, but this season […]
The Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development, Lobin Lowe, has admitted that the viability of the smallholder-led agricultural transformation strategy in Malawi is facing several challenges. Lowe cited low productivity, dependence on rain-fed production systems with only one growing season, and limited use of irrigation as some of the impediments. The minister made the […]
Minister of Agriculture Lobin Lowe has labelled the 2020/21 Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP) a “success” and announced that it ends on 20th February 2021. Lowe speaking at a news conference held at Bingu International Convention Centre (BICC)in Lilongwe on Thursday said the programme made “ a landmark achievement of getting over 90 percent redemption rate. […]
Minister of Agriculture, Lobin Lowe has warned the government is set to axe 21 firms in the Affordable Input Program (AIP). Lowe said that the ministry will terminate contracts of the firms because they have failed to supply the subsidised fertiliser under the program. He was addressing a news conference in Lilongwe and said out […]
Ministry of Agriculture has warned suppliers approved for the Affordable Inputs Program(AIP) against the sale of fake maize seed and fertilizer to farmers, saying they are low yielding and lead to food insecurity. The portfolio’s minister, Lobin Lowe, sounded the warning on Friday during a dry testing event of the AIP’s biometric system held at […]
Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Lobin Lowe has welcomed the innovative by one of the biggest buyers of Malawi tobacco, Phillip Morris International (PMI), that one of its smokeless cigarette technologies has been authorised by the United States’ Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Lowe said development brings a new ray of hope to Malawi, which […]
Nzeru za Abambo farm in Mtalimanja village in Dowa District, initially meant for maize production and processing, is now expanding across 200 hacters of land and working towards diversifying crop production in order to increase exports that would help earn the much needed foreign exchange in Malawi. The farm has just introduced a banana plantation, […]
Experts from Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) visited Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security where the two parties discussed measures on implementation of affordable inputs program (AIP). The experts from LUANAR’s department of agricultural extension and research services (DAES) urged the Ministry to look into other factors that can contribute positively to realise […]
The simmering tension between smallholder sugar cane growers and Salima Sugar Company Limited–triggered by the latter’s alleged “inability” to buy at least 20 000 tonnes of sugarcane belonging to the former–prompted Agriculture Minister Lobin Lowe to intervene on the matter on Wednesday afternoon in order to find a long lasting solution that would pacify both […]
Minister for Agriculture, Lobin Lowe has advised Plem Construction Limited which is building Linga Irrigation Dam in Nkhata Bay, against sub-standard works on the new facility under construction. The minister’s advice follows complaints leveled against the construction company over its poor performance in some construction projects in the country. Lowe was speaking Friday when he, […]
About 60 vehicles were on Wednesday tailing two ministers in the southern region where they were on duty, drawing public fire that the motorcade is sprawling. Minister of Transport Sidik Mia, who is also Malawi Congress Party (MCP) deputy president, has an entourage of 27 vehicles as he inspected Thyolo-Thkerani to Makhanga road and East […]