Arrests during Parliament spark alarm as opposition warns rule of law is under threat, following detention of Gwengwe, Kawale and Zamba over K200bn fertiliser contracts.
Minister of Agriculture, Sam Kawale, has encouraged farmers in the country to fully embrace irrigation farming and not solely depend on rain-fed agriculture.
Government of Malawi has received six tractors with their implements and a mobile grain dryer from the Republic of South Korea as part of efforts to enhance agricultural mechanization in the country.
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.
The World Bank has approved US$265 million [approximately MK268 billion] to scale up agriculture commercialization and improve food resilience in Malawi.
