President Joyce Banda speaks strongly on investing in agriculture

President Dr. Joyce Banda on Tuesday said her Government will continue with the fertilizer subsidy programme and also strengthen farming clubs as one way of improving agriculture in the country once voted into power.
Banda said this at Nkhwazi Admarc football ground in Mchinji District after switching on rural electricity at Nkhwazi Health center.
She said agriculture is the economic backbone of the country and promoting it is good for the people.

President Banda shakes hands with one beneficiary of A Cow A Family programme at Pinda School Ground in Mchinji

“I know that the country relies on agriculture and most of the farmers are poor, I would like to assure you that my government won’t stop the fertilizer subsidy programme, we will continue with it so that we help a lot of people,” she said.
The President said stopping fertilizer subsidy programme is as well as killing the plight of the poor farmers who can’t afford to buy expensive fertilizer.
She also said it is high time new farming technologies ventures in the agriculture sector in the country as there is need to improve from using a local hoe to some machinery which can make farming faster.
“It’s not that I only would like continue with subsidy, but also I want the farmers to have their jobs simplified. I would like us to stop using hoes and use some machinery which will make farming faster and easier, than the usual hoes.

“As such I have already identified a company in India which will provide us with the equipment as an alternate of hoes, it’s high time we use different agriculture technologies,” she said.
The President noted that in some parts of the district and country as a whole, there are patches of hunger looming as the rains did not come well therefore called on the people to practice winter farming and also intensify on irrigation farming.
“With the way the climate is changing, I think it’s not good just to rely on planting during rainy season only, we should also practice and intensify winter clopping, by doing so we will have enough surplus food,” she said.
The President told the people that what she was saying is in her party’s manifesto as she regards agriculture as the best thing to provide to the people of this country.
The State President made the remarks after inaugurating houses under Mudzi Transformation Trust, distributing cows and officially switching on electricity at Nkhwazi Health Centre in the district.

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Joyce Banda's ZEAL ON WOMEN EMPOWERMENT

President Dr. Joyce Banda’s zeal on women has made her to still remain that substantial figure in the African society as she continues to fight against the poverty cycles that have lingered on women in the country even though the country has signed up to a number of international protocols aimed at increasing the participation of women in politics and socio-economic affairs.

Building on the leadership of the country’s first female Head of State, Her Excellency President Dr. Joyce Banda said that the country has an opportunity to transform the lives of women living in the villages.
“We have an opportunity to transform the country by recognizing the interconnectedness of gender equality, agriculture, security, the environment, health, and a strong youth population. For a woman living in a village in Africa, the issues of food security, the challenges posed by climate variability, population pressures, and economic challenges all meet this woman on the doorstep of her home,” She said.

“I think that it is income into the poor household that must come first. The issues that affect population growth, malnutrition, girls’ access to education, maternal health and indeed poverty are all linked to lack of incomes into households. If we have to overcome these challenges we need to promote policies and programmes that bring decent incomes into households,” President Banda noted.
Living to her vision of women empowerment President Dr Joyce Banda has always called on women in the country to engage in small scale businesses in order to uplift the economic status of their homes.
President Banda recently attended official opening of Annual General meeting for Market Women’s Activities in Development (MWAI).
Sharing her vision the President said gone is the time when women were completely relying on their husbands for all family basic needs.
“I wanted to say that women have capabilities to transform the economic status in their homes if they engage in businesses. There are success economic stories from the women. Do not leave for men only to do businesses and take care of your homes. It is possible for women to empower themselves without involving anybody Develop a spirit of coming up with a business and save the little that you realize as profit. Let businesses bring peace and build good families in your homes,” said President Joyce Banda.
The Malawi leader who is also Founder of the Joyce Banda Foundation (JBF) International said good financial muscle among women can eliminate gender based violence since women could be financially independent.
The president re-iterated her commitment to continuing assisting women and children by ensuring that their social status is improving.
“Through the Joyce Banda Foundation we have opened feeding centres for orphans, we have free secondary school education and we are providing scholarships both local and international,” she said.
Dr Banda reminded Malawians that the country’s economy is on good track as evidenced by improvement of both forex and fuel cover.
Executive Director of JBF International, Edith Arkridge said the aim of the fourth annual general meeting was for members of MWAI to share experiences and encourage one another on matters of business.
Arkridge said JBF has several programmes including training women on business issues and arranging international business education trips for Malawians.
“JBF has been sending women to foreign countries to learn how their fellow women are doing their businesses. All these are happening because president Banda has created good relationships outside there. May I urge my fellow women to love one another for the betterment of you all,” said Arkridge.
In her testimony, Lucy Amani from Kasungu said since he joined MWAI, her life has completely improved since she can now afford to pay school fees for her children and currently she is constructing a house using her money she realized from the business she has been doing for the past three years.