A parliamentary committee has told the government to find market for this year’s surplus market.
MP Ulemu Chilapondwa (left): Better markets will provide stiff competition–Photo by Watipaso Mzungu, Nyasa Times
The parliamentary committee on Agriculture says the government should identify proper export markets for the surplus harvest that is expected this year.
The call follows the government’s intention to have the expected surplus exported to avoid wastage.
Committee deputy chairperson, Ulemu Chilapondwa said that better markets will provide stiff competition which will in turn influence prices locally.
Still on parliamentary committees, the Parliament’s committee on Health has pledged to initiate a fund raising campaign that will help buy eye surgery equipment for the Kamuzu Central Hospital.
Niras Malawi, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) on Tuesday drilled four parliamentary committees on budgetary governance.
Werani Chilenga (second from left) with some of the MPs: Need for a mindset change in parliamentarians if budget formulation was to be achieved.
The committees involved were of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Climate change, HIV and Aids and Nutrition.
The NGO Malawi country director Christopher Mpanga said the workshop, which took place in Salima, was aimed at building the capacity of the committees to improve the country’s agriculture sector so that it serves the rural communities.
He said: “The agriculture sector, despite being the backbone of the country’s economy, is not given enough resources which results in financial needs not matching the funding and allocation of financial resources from the Treasury.”
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