By Blessings Mpinganjira:
Minister of Trade and Industry Simplex Chithyola Banda has said Malawi has potential to increase agricultural output and growing the sector’s input to the economy through commercialisation.
He made the remarks Wednesday at the lunch of a two-day Malawi Productivity and Commercialisation Conference organised by agricultural policy institute, Mwapata, and others.
Chithyola Banda said agriculture remains the backbone of the country’s economy and the government is formulating strategies that will help improve the sector.
“The conference will help us to find ways of improving agriculture productivity and strengthen export facilitation for us to attain the Malawi 2063”, he said.
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Mwapata Institute Board Chairperson Richard Mkandawire said the conference will give policymakers and stakeholders a platform to explore and evaluate strategies and policies to strengthen the agriculture sector.
He added that agriculture has the potential of transforming, creating and transforming the economic activities of the country.
The conference is hosted under the theme ‘Diversified Agricultural Value Chains for Improved Trade Balances’.
It attracted stakeholders from the agricultural sector including government ministries, departments and farmers organisations.
