President Dr Lazarus Chakwera has said the desire of his administration is to achieve food security that promotes self-reliance in addition to upholding human dignity.
Chakwera made the sentiments when he launched the 2023 Affordable Input Programme at Kavidebwere Full Primary School in Kasungu.
As much as 1.5 million farming households have been earmarked to benefit from this year's programme. The figure is one million less than the programme targeted last year. He said his administration is looking for ways to improve the programme's delivery to ensure it delivers the much-desired results. "So I am happy to yet again roll out the Affordable Inputs Programme to empower millions of Malawians to grow their own food. In fact, when the cost of importing fertilizer from abroad increased four or five times as a result of supply chain constraints caused by the war between Russia and Ukraine, there were some in this country who said that I should abandon the AIP because it had become too expensive," he said.There was a problem processing your submission. Please try again later.
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