Bishop Fanuel Magangani of the Anglican Church of Malawi has appealed to government to immediately identify subsistence commercial farmers in the country in order to curb the hunger crisis.
Speaking in Karonga, Magangani said unless government considers the plan, hunger problems will continue biting the country each and every year.
According to the Anglican leader, such kind of development was also used during the Kamuzu’s era.
“We shall continue suffering from hunger problem as a country especially if government fails to follow up the system used in the past particularly that of identifying subsistence commercial farmers,” said Magangani.
“Just to remind you commercial farmers play a big role in eradicating hunger in the country as it was manifested during the Kamuzu’s era,” he recalled.
He said what government should do is to support the identified farmers by giving them subsidized farm materials such as tractors and fertilizers among other.
“Let all the estates used for such kind of farming before be given back to the commercial farmers. These farmers should also be trained on the new system of farming so that there’s positive produce,” he added.
Recently, the Malawi Catholic Bishop also penned government to find alternative ways of dealing with the hunger crisis.
However, government through the Minister of Agriculture George Chaponda, assured millions of starving Malawians that his ministry will purchase enough maize within and outside the country to make sure that each and every ADMARC deport has enough maize.
The minister also disclosed that his ministry is encouraging farmers to start doing irrigation farming and that it is now distributing irrigation materials such as treadle pumps to farmers.
According to government report, about 6.5 million of Malawi population is affected by the hunger crisis.
President Peter Muthalika of the country has also assured Malawians that no one will die with hunger.