Malawi Government Promises Stricter Control Against Counterfeit Seeds
Chaponsa said government is emphasizing the importance of Agriculture and for it to be meaningful, there is need to have the right type of seeds especially at this time when we are dealing with El-Nino.
Chaponda visited Seed-Co Company in Lilongwe on Friday and stressed the importance to have seeds which can yield more produce per hectare.
“For agriculture to move forward, quality seeds have to be provided to the farmers and that’s why government values its partnership with seeds companies in Malawi like Seed-Co who have that kind of seeds,” he said.
Chaponda said government will soon introduce new agriculture and irrigation policies and is also in the process of deliberating seed policy which is expected to be tabled in Parliament in November.
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