Malawi President Pledges to Intervene in Fertilizer Price Rise 

BLANTYRE - Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera says he will take steps to mitigate the steep rise of fertilizer prices which have doubled in the last year. He says about 80 percent of Malawi farmers can no longer afford to buy fertilizer.   

Farmers in Malawi say the rise in fertilizer prices is likely to affect production in this agro-based southern Africa country.       Jacob Nyirongo is Chief Executive Officer for Farmers Union of Malawi.  “Most farmers in Malawi are poor and it’s quite a struggle for farmers to access fertilizer even at the prices that they were like last year. So, the increase that we have seen this year means it is pushing more farmers to a bracket where most farmers won’t be able to access fertilizer," he said.