For the first time, government has opted to use restricted tendering in the procurement of fertiliser under the Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP) instead of the open tender system, a move that has irked some stakeholders. Minister of Agriculture Sam Kawale confirmed in an interview on Tuesday that the procurement process for the 2023/24 fertiliser contracts
Ellena Joseph, a small-scale maize farmer in Chiradzulu District in Southern Malawi, finished preparing her field early in October.As the first rains start falling in some parts of the country, h