President Arthur Peter Mutharika has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to ensuring that no Malawian dies of hunger, announcing sweeping interventions in the agriculture sector,...
Despite promising Malawians fertilizer at K4,500 per 50kg bag under the AIP in 2020, prices have been soaring across the country. Farmers now fear that even with new price cuts, exploitation in the market may persist
As one way of supporting surrounding communities, JCM Solar Company in Salima has distributed farm inputs worth K57 million under its Livelihoods Restoration Programme.
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice president for the north, Jappie Mhango, has expressed anger at the decision by the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) administration not to allocate adequate fertilizers to the Northern and Southern Regions in the implementation of the first phase this year’s Affordable Input Programme (AIP) this year.
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.
The Government of Malawi through Ministry of Agriculture has said about 2,454,748 Malawians will benefit from the Affordable Input Program (AIP) for the 2024-25 farming season to ensure the country has sufficient food.
Minister of Agriculture Sam Dalitso Kawale has disclosed that 81.6 percent of the farming households targeted in the 2023 Affordable Input Programme (AIP) had redeemed their inputs as of December 29, 2023.
President Dr Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera has assured Malawians that his government will deliver in time subsidized farm inputs under the Agricultural Input Programme (AIP).
Minister of Local Government, Unity and Culture, Richard Chimwendo Banda, has assured people that government will undertake necessary measures to ensure that the implementation of this year’s Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP) is smooth.
The Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture and civil society organizations (CSOs) have called for the redesigning of the Affordable Input Programme (AIP)0, observing that the programme currently overshadows other activities under the Ministry of Agriculture.
Member of Parliament (MP) for Mzimba South Emmanuel Chambulanyina Jere has proposed that in this season, the government should consider allocating funds in its budget to buy soya beans from farmers at K75, 000 per bag of 50 kilogrammes.
Minister of Civic Education and National Unity who is also a member of the Ministerial taskforce on Affordable Input Program (AIP) Timothy Mtambo has expressed satisfaction with the progress of the flagship Tonse Alliance program in Karonga despite the late start.
