By Sheminah Nkhoma

Lilongwe, December 13, Mana: Minister of Agriculture Sam Kawale has called on Members of Parliament (MPs) to be in the forefront of combating food insecurity through commercial farming.

Speaking in parliamentary Thursday in Lilongwe, Kawale, outlined government’s commitment to closing gaps in the agricultural sector, with efforts focused on identifying high-capacity individuals and developing new technologies to support farmers nationwide.

“MPs are the very first who complain more about hunger in the country so it is important that they should also be in the forefront to implement programmes that will help end hunger in the counytry,” said Kawale.

He disclosed that that government has initiatives that give MPs opportunities to have mega farms in their constituencies.

“The mega farms can help us to generate more forex because of the crops and livestock which can be generated through the commercial farming,” he said.

Kawale said Malawi has started exporting soybeans to China, as one way toward strengthening both local and international agricultural markets.

In her remarks, MP for Thyolo Thava, Mary Navicha, said,  it is important that people should be sensitised about the mega farms so that they should know more about irrigation schemes as other districts do not know more about it.