Ministry of Agriculture (Malawi)
| Tumbuka: Unduna wa vya Chuma Chichewa: Unduna wa za Chuma | |
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| Jurisdiction | Government of Malawi |
| Headquarters | Lilongwe, Malawi 13°59′S 33°47′E / 13.983°S 33.783°E |
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The Ministry of Agriculture is the central government ministry of Malawi responsible for agriculture.[1][2] The ministry has the responsibility of formulating and implementing national policy on home affairs and other subjects which come under its purview.[3] The current Minister of Agriculture is Samuel Kawale.[4]
Key objectives
[edit]The key objective of the Ministry of agriculture is to:[5]
- Established food and nutrition security,
- Stable prices for agricultural products,
- Timely implementation of projects, Increase production in selected crops,
- Efficient and effective implementation of accelerated food production programme,
- Efficient and effective use of foreign funds,
- Customer friendly and result oriented administrative system,
- Results-based management in entire government sector.
- Supportive agricultural policy for food and allied agricultural crops,
- Efficiently coordinated paddy purchasing and marketing programme
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Richard, Mphatso Khutcha (2024-04-05). "Ministry of Agriculture announces farm gate prices, minimum price for maize/rice at K650 per KG Malawi 24 | Latest News from Malawi". Malawi 24. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
- ^ Daza, Chikondi (2023-12-14). "Ministry of Agriculture satisfied with Mega Farm's progress Malawi 24 | Latest News from Malawi". Malawi 24. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
- ^ Reporter, Malawi24 (2022-10-21). "Ministry of Agriculture involved in another fertilizer scam Malawi 24 | Latest News from Malawi". Malawi 24. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Richard, Mphatso Khutcha (2024-03-22). "Macadamia a game-changer for Malawi, says Kawale Malawi 24 | Latest News from Malawi". Malawi 24. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
- ^ Reporter, Malawi24 (2022-08-11). "Cyclone Nepotism: Agriculture Ministry demotes directors from the South Malawi 24 | Latest News from Malawi". Malawi 24. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
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