Number of ADMARC staff set for layoff trimmed
2,498 of the 4,063 ADMARC employees, are set to be laid off following a vetting process at the grain marketer....
Agriculture
Malawi’s swindled AIP funds recovery awaits German court confiscation order
The repatriation of public funds feared lost in an Affordable Input Programme (AIP) scam, awaits a confiscation order from a...
AIP launches on November 19
Agriculture authorities have announced completion of all preparatory processes for the 2022/2023 Affordable Inputs Programme-AIP. In a statement, Principal Secretary...
Parliamentary Inquiry: Kachere alleges ‘big fish’ involved in missing maize deal
Serious allegations have been made by a transporter contracted to transport maize from ADMARC depots to National Food Reserve Agency-NFRA...
“I am not here to serve a party, or a Minister, or an alliance”-Chakwera
A Social commentator has suggested that President Lazarus Chakwera’s threat to fire all non-performing cabinet ministers regardless of political or...
Climatic shocks and poor road network upset rural women farmers
Malawi is an agro-based economy, with women representing 70 percent of the labour force in the agriculture sector, according to...
JTI Malawi promoting elimination of child labor
Msunga primary school in Lilongwe is set to wear a new face following a maintenance project funded by the Embassy...
Sesame farmers cry for markets
Sesame growers in Karonga are pressing the authorities to establish formal markets to counter Tanzanian vendors who are exploiting its...
ACB to probe dubious fertiliser procurement deal
An Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) probe is on the cards, following a complaint that has been recorded concerning a dubious fertiliser...
Parliament summons Lowe over K30 bn fertilizer scam.
Parliament has summoned the minister of agriculture Lobin Lowe and those allegedly involved in the 30-billion-kwacha fertilizer scam. Reports indicate...
