By Andrew Magombo
Vice President of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP), Catherine Gotani Hara, has assured farmers in Dowa that the current government is committed to addressing the challenges faced by tobacco farmers. She emphasized that the administration is working to ensure that farmers receive fair prices for their produce.
Speaking at a political rally organized by MCP Secretary General Richard Chimwendo Banda on Saturday, Hara stated that the previous regimes had subjected farmers to low tobacco prices, but President Lazarus Chakwera is determined to change that.
“President Chakwera wants to see farmers benefiting from their hard work,” Hara said. “He will make sure that the coming tobacco marketing season offers better prices for farmers so they can meet their basic needs.”
In the 2023 tobacco marketing season, 120 million kilograms of tobacco were sold at an average price of $2.35 per kilogram, an increase from the 85 million kilograms sold in 2022 at $2.14 per kilogram. Hara pointed to this upward trend as evidence of the government’s efforts to improve farmers’ livelihoods, and promised that further improvements are on the way.
Hara concluded by reassuring the farmers that the administration is dedicated to ensuring even better prices in the future, as part of its broader plan to support and uplift the agricultural sector.
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