Lobin Lowe
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Government warns Admarc on maize exports
The Ministry of Agriculture has cautioned the Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (Admarc) against exporting 500,000 metric tonnes (mt) of…
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Lazarus Chakwera finds Affordable Inputs Programme hope in farmers
By Deogratias Mmana: President Lazarus Chakwera has said, given support, Malawian farmers can transform the landscape of the country’s agriculture.…
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Farmers pay more for Affordable Inputs Programme
The government has announced that beneficiaries of the 2021-22 Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP) will be coughing K7,500 to access a…
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Min dangles agri sector investment opportunities
Agriculture Minister Lobin Lowe on Tuesday reiterated Malawi’s call for foreign direct investment into the agriculture and other sectors of…
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Ministry to engage Treasury on AIP funds
Following President Lazarus Chakwera’s directive that all the 3.8 million people under the Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP) should receive inputs,…
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Food not maize only, government says
By Ellen Pindani: The Ministry of Agriculture has urged Malawians to redefine the meaning of food by going beyond just…
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UN Assistant Secretary General to visit Malawi
Reported by Khumbo Kaliwo: United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and Coordinator of Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement, Gerda Verburg, will visit…
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Business
Government for intensified irrigation systems
Agriculture Minister Lobin Lowe has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to intensify irrigation in all parts of the country as a…
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Business
Subsidise Climate Insurance—CSOs
Civil society organisations (CSOs) working in the environment space have asked the government to consider subsidising climate insurance for local…
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Malawi imports 20,000 tonnes of bananas every week
Agriculture Minister Lobin Lowe has called for more investors in banana farming, saying the country imports about 20,000 tonnes of…
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