Inkosi Phambala of Ntcheu has called on government to open more markets for the Affordable Inputs Programme-AIP under his area of jurisdiction saying that beneficiaries are walking long distances to access the cheap inputs.
The Inkosi said that most crops are now at a stage that needs first fertilizer application as a majority of farmers planted with the first rains.
According to Phambala, the designated market at Ntonda is currently not operating forcing farmers to travel distances of between 13 to 20 kilometers to nearby Manjawira and Senzani markets respectively.
The traditional leader said this today when a Malawian-based pilot working in Ghana, John Kaliati gave youths in his home village of Ntonda in Ntcheu an early Christmas and New Year feast with 2.5 Million Kwacha football trophy.
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