President Dr Lazarus Chakwera has on Monday launched the Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP) for the 2024/2025 farming season in Neno District with a call to beneficiaries of various social protection interventions to utilise the initiatives with prudence.
Communities at Lumbe Village in the area of Traditional Authority (TA) Chekucheku in Neno District have hailed the Climate Smart Enhanced Public Works Programme (CS-EPWP) for bringing into glory Ndiliswa Forest Reserve which was degraded by human activities.
Minister of Trade and Industry, Sosten Gwengwe has urged Malawians to promote Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and cooperatives by buying their products.
Director of Planning and Development for Neno District Council, Charles Lomoni has said the council expects an improvement in waste management in all its markets following the construction of Mbemba Dumping Site with funding from Governance to Enable Service Delivery (GESD).
About 10,000 hectares of forest are expected to be established in the four districts of Neno, Chikwawa, Nsanje and Mwanza by the end of the second phase of the Shire Valley Transformation programme which runs from 2022 to 2028.