Russian fertilizer for Malawi docks at Beira
MV Greenwich, the ship ferrying the fertilizer
A consignment of 20,000 tonnes of Russian fertiliser recently donated to Malawi is set to dock at Beira Port in Mozambique tomorrow.
The lot is part of some 260,000 tonnes of the commodity that the Russian Federation Fertiliser Producers pledged to several African countries via an agreement with the World Food Programme – WFP in July.
The donation was made to alleviate humanitarian challenges stemming from the Russo-Ukraine War, especially in the agriculture sector among African countries.
A tweet by Club of Mozambique – an investor and donor information portal – indicates that the batch destined for Malawi will dock at Beira on 31 December; a month after leaving the Netherlands on 29 November.
The consignments is set to arrive on MV Greenwich which is shipping the fertiliser.
The fresh fertiliser supply is expected to supplement the ongoing Affordable Inputs Programme as Agriculture Minister Sam Kawale admits.
Kawale has disclosed that Malawi’s Ambassador to Mozambique is set to witness the arrival of the ship.
He adds that the trucks that are earmarked to transport the fertlizer to Malawi are already at the port ready to upload the cargo.
However Kawale was noncommittal on specifying the dates on which the Russian fertilizer is expected to arrive in Malawi.
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