Government says there are more investment opportunities in the agriculture sector and calls upon serious entrepreneurs to tap into available options in the sector thereby contributing to the economic development of the country.
He said President Dr Lazarus Chakwera is keen to see to it that the agriculture sector is revamped and boosted so that it accelerates the Gross Domestic Product of the country far and large creating more jobs in the value chains.
“The Ministry of Agriculture has developed investment proposals on rice, bananas, dairy fisheries, and other aquatic value chains following a comprehensive analysis. These were presented at a global forum in Rome. These value chains present wide investment opportunities,” said Kawale.
He also highlighted key strategic decisions the government is pursuing for the benefit of smallholder and commercial farmers.
“Government is leaving no one behind. We have deliberate policies that cover both smallholder farmers and big players in the sector. The AIP seeks to ensure food security at the household level but we have other programmes such as the Agriculture Commercialisation Project which provides financing to develop the smallholder farmers so that they migrate to commercial farming,” said Kawale.
He then implored participants to the meeting to utilise the forum and convince the available financiers present to consider funding their prospective agribusiness projects.
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