The National Food Reserve Agency (NFRA) has purchased 64,274 metric tonnes of maize out of this year’s target of over 82,000 metric tonnes.
The Ministry of Agriculture has allowed transporters to a limitless number of trucks as a contingency plan to ensure smooth distribution of farm inputs under the Affordable Inputs Program (AIP).
Having successfully conducted trials and commercialized genetically modified cotton, Malawi has taken an extra step to venture into genetically modified maize, exploring the efficacy of a bioengineered fall army worm resistant maize seed.
The department for refugees in the ministry of homeland security is yet to finalize determination of refugee status of 3, 000 applications in the country for different nationalities.
World Vision Malawi says a spate of natural disasters that rocked the country in 2023 have greatly affected the implementation of some projects they are running in the country.
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