{"id":28733,"date":"2022-08-09T20:34:27","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T20:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawi-requires-big-investments"},"modified":"2022-08-09T21:28:07","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T21:28:07","slug":"malawi-requires-big-investments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawi-requires-big-investments","title":{"rendered":"Malawi requires big investments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>The National Planning Commission (NPC) has said Malawi needs big investments in livestock, fisheries, fruit canning and textiles sectors to build a niche which can be used as centre of production in the region under the Sadc value-chain agenda.<\/p>\n<p>NPC Director of Development Planning Grace Kumchulesi said this during the Agribusiness Deal Room organised by the Africa Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) in Lilongwe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbsence of competitive markets for agricultural produce as one of the major factors affecting smallholder farmers in most African countries, hence the need for Agribusiness Deal Room to facilitates substantive transaction-centred dialogue and connections amongst key stakeholders in Agribusiness,\u201d Kumchulesi said<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during the dialogue on Wednesday evening, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) board chairpersons Hailemariam Dessalegn said lack of competitive market has been one of the challenges haunting smallholder farmers in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the next agriculture strategy, will be focusing on marketing and trade for agriculture. So, we will be looking into how to make a working market for smallholder farmers to get better prices for their produce\u201d Dessalegn said.<\/p>\n<p>Minister of Agriculture Lobin Lowe said Malawi has for a long time invested huge resources in subsistence farming, which failed to transform the sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe coming and the input from the dialogue will motivate the government to invest in agriculture commercialisation,\u201d Lowe said.<\/p>\n<p>The AGRF is one of the world\u2019s premier forums for African agriculture that brings together stakeholders in the agricultural landscape to take practical actions and share lessons that will move African agriculture forward.<\/p>\n<p>The AGRF is championed by a Partners Group that is made up of a coalition of leading actors in African agriculture all focused on putting farmers at the center of the continent\u2019s growing economies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\">Malawi<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. The National Planning Commission (NPC) has said Malawi needs big investments in livestock, fisheries, fruit canning and textiles sectors to build a niche which can be used as centre of production in the region under the Sadc value-chain agenda. 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