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MoAIWD ndi SAPP II asayina MoU ndi MBS kuti athandize kutsimikizira zinthu zaulimi
Unduna wa Zaulimi, Ulimi Wothirira ndi Chitukuko cha Madzi (MoAIWD), mogwirizana ndi Sustainable Agricultural Production Programme (SAPP II), Lachisanu wasayina Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) ndi Malawi Bureau of Standards (MBS) kuti awonetsetse kuti mabungwe a alimi ndi mabungwe ogwirizana pansi pa SAPP II akupanga zinthu zabwino komanso zovomerezeka pamsika. Kusaina MoU kunachitika ku Likulu la Unduna ku Capital Hill ku Lilongwe pamaso pa Director General wa MBS, Symon Mandala; MoAIWD Secretary (Admin.) Ben Nkasala; ndi SAPP II National Project, Rex Baluwa. Nkasala adayamikira mgwirizanowu, ponena kuti uthandizira pakukweza ubwino wa zinthu, kukulitsa mwayi wopeza msika, kukulitsa chidaliro cha ogula, komanso, pamapeto pake, kukonza ndalama ndi moyo wa alimi pansi pa SAPP II. Iye anati kudzera mu pulojekiti ya SAPP II, undunawu ukusonkhanitsa alimi m'magulu amakampani ndi alimi kuti ayambe ntchito yaikulu yokonza ndi kuwonjezera phindu pamsika wa m'deralo ndi wapadziko lonse. "Kutenga nawo mbali pamsika kopindulitsa sikungatheke popanda kutsatira miyezo yokhazikika ndi machitidwe a satifiketi: Iyi ndi kusiyana kwakukulu komwe mgwirizano wathu ndi Malawi Bureau of Standards udzathetsa," anafotokoza Nkasala. Anawonjezera kuti: "Mwa kugwirizanitsa kupanga, kutsimikizira khalidwe, ndi zofunikira pamsika, tikukhazikitsa kukhazikika ndi kutsatira malamulo pakati pa zotsatira za SAPP II." Kumbali ina, Mtsogoleri Wamkulu wa MBS, Symon Mandala, adayamikira MoAIWD ndi SAPP II chifukwa choganizira MBS ngati bwenzi lothandiza, ponena kuti mgwirizanowu udzapatsa mphamvu mabungwe a alimi kuti alowe mumsika. Mandala adati pambuyo pa Panganoli, Bungweli lipereka maphunziro ndi malangizo aukadaulo pa miyezo ya dziko ndi yapadziko lonse; maphunziro otsimikizira khalidwe; ntchito yotsimikizira zinthu; ndi chidziwitso chowonjezeka cha kutsata miyezo ngati chida cholowera pamsika. "Ndikofunikira kwambiri kuti asankhe kuti atigwiritse ntchito pachiyambi pomwe" Chifukwa, nthawi zambiri, zinthu zimapangidwa kwina kuti makampani" atigwiritse ntchito pachiyambi pomwe kuti apeze chizindikiro cha khalidwe la Bureau ndipo tikawauza" njira yofunikira, amatcha Bureau cholepheretsa," adatero Mandala. Anapemphanso MoAIWD ndi SAPP II kuti awonetsetse kuti pakhala mgwirizano wopitilira; kulumikizana bwino; komanso kugawa zinthu panthawi yake komanso" kumasulidwa kuti mgwirizano ukhale wopambana. SAPP II ikuyendetsedwa ndi thandizo la International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) ndipo ikulimbikitsa malonda, zokolola, ndi kulimba mtima pakati pa alimi ang'onoang'ono m'maboma a Balaka, Lilongwe, Dowa ndi Mzimba. Chofunika kwambiri cha SAPP II ndikulola mabungwe a alimi kutenga nawo mbali" bwino m'misika yokonzedwa bwino, yopikisana, komanso yopindulitsa. Malinga ndi Wogwirizanitsa Ntchitoyi, Rex Baluwa, mabungwe opitilira 230 a alimi alembedwa pansi pa SAPP II ndipo posachedwa alandira ndalama zothandizira kuwonjezera phindu ndi kukonza ulimi. "Mabungwe a alimi awa akufunika thandizo lathu ndipo ndikusangalala kuti popeza tikuyamba kuwalimbikitsa, tiyamba limodzi ndi MBS kuti alimi adziwe zoyenera kuchita kuti akwaniritse miyezo yofunikira," adatero Baluwa.
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Nduna ya Zaulimi, Ulimi Wothirira ndi Chitukuko cha Madzi, Rosa Mbilizi, posachedwapa wayamikira ntchito yomwe International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) ikuchita pothandizira Pulogalamu ya Boma ya Farm Input Subsidy Programme (FISP) kuti ifikire alimi ambiri. Ndunayi inanena izi ku Mudzi wa Kumitengo, motsogozedwa ndi Senior Chief Kalumbu m'boma la Lilongwe, pamene inayendera alimi omwe akupindula ndi pulojekiti ya Response to Emergencies and Disasters (RED) pansi pa Sustainable Agriculture Production Programme (SAPP II). "Ndikufuna kuyamikira IFAD chifukwa chotithandiza ndi US$3 miliyoni mu pulogalamuyi kuti tifikire alimi ambiri. Chiyembekezo changa monga Nduna ya Zaulimi, komanso cha Purezidenti wa Malawi, Arthur Peter Mutharika, ndichakuti pasakhale njala ku Malawi, ndipo alimi ayenera kukhala ndi chidwi chogwira ntchito molimbika kuti akwaniritse cholinga chathu chofuna kukhala ndi chakudya chokwanira mdziko muno," adatero. Paulendowu, ndunayo idayendera msika wa Kalumbu FISP, komwe idalankhulana ndi akuluakulu amsika ndi alimi kuti amvetse zomwe akumana nazo ndi njira yowombolera zolowa m'munda, komanso mavuto omwe akukumana nawo. Kenako adayang'ana minda ya chimanga ya ena mwa omwe adapindula kuti azindikire momwe zolowa m'munda pansi pa pulogalamuyi zinkagwiritsidwira ntchito. Mbilizi adati adakondwera kuti, pofika pakati pa Januware 2026, kuchuluka kwa feteleza ndi mbewu zovomerezeka pansi pa gawo la RED kudafika pa 85 peresenti. "Tikuyembekeza kuti mitengo ya chimanga ipitirire kutsika. Pafupifupi nthawi yomweyo chaka chatha, thumba la chimanga la makilogalamu 50 linali kugulitsidwa pafupifupi K110,000, koma tsopano thumba lomwelo likugulitsidwa pafupifupi K50,000. Pofika nthawi yomwe tidzamaliza FISP pakati pa Marichi, tidzakhala ndi chimanga chochuluka mdziko muno, ndipo izi ziyenera kupitiliza kutsitsa mitengo ya chimanga," adatero. Malinga ndi Wogwirizanitsa Dziko Lonse wa SAPP II, Rex Baluwa, gawo la RED linaphatikizidwa mwadala mu SAPP II kuti lithane ndi zadzidzidzi ndi masoka omwe akukhudza chitetezo cha chakudya. “Purezidenti atalengeza kuti pali vuto la chakudya mdziko muno, monga pulojekiti tinalankhula ndi akatswiri athu azachuma, IFAD, ndipo adagwirizana ndi lingaliro loti lithandize boma kuthandizira alimi kuti athe kupeza mosavuta zida zaulimi za nyengo ino,” adatero. Malinga ndi Baluwa, SAPP II idagula matani 2,200 a feteleza wa NPK ndi Urea, komanso mapaketi 22,000 a mbewu za chimanga za makilogalamu asanu kudzera mu gawo la RED. “Kudzera mu pulogalamuyi, tikuthandiza alimi 22,000: opindula 17,950 m'boma la Lilongwe ndi opindula 4,050 m'boma la Balaka. Fetelezayo adagwiritsidwa ntchito pamtengo wothandizidwa wa K10,000 wa NPK ndi K10,000 wa Urea, pomwe mbewu ya chimanga yotsimikizika ya 5kg inali yaulere kwa opindula onse,” adatero. Baluwa adanenanso kuti gawo la RED lakhala lopambana kwambiri m'maboma onse awiri, ndipo lakwanitsa kupulumutsa anthu 100 peresenti.
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