By Dorica Mtenje

LILONGWE (MaraviPost)-Malawi Parliament on Monday, April 4, 2022 passed seed bill which will help to curb the illegal seed supply in the country.

The bill was presented on Monday in the august house by the Vice Chairperson for legal affairs and agriculture committee ,Macdowel Mkandawire.

In his remarks ,Mkandawire said said the bill will help farmers to to get good seeds.

He said people in the villages have been complaining of buying fake seeds which lead to decrease in yielding.

The passing of the bill comes barely months after President Lazarus Chakwera’s Tonse government failed to access Affordable Inputs Program (AIP) in time due to the supply of fake seeds by transporters.