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The 2024 Departmental Review Meeting

The Department of Irrigation conducted its annual Departmental Review meeting to review the financial year of 2023/2024. The meeting was held in Blantyre at Malawi Sun Hotel on 19th and 20th July.

Launch of the National Irrigation Policy 2024

The Honourable Minister of Agriculture, Samuel Dalitso Kawale, officially launched three policies on 4 December 2024: the National Agriculture Policy, the Agriculture Land Resources Management Policy, and the National Irrigation Policy at BICC in Lilongwe. The National Irrigation Policy (2024) can be downloaded under the Resources page.         

Launch of the ATM Expo at BICC

President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera on Friday, 19th April 2024 launched the first-ever Agriculture, Tourism and Mining (ATM) Expo. The event was launched with the Agriculture Investment Conference at the Bingu International Conference Centre (BICC). Departments from the Ministry of Agriculture showcased their services to potential investors and buyers among other players in the agriculture sector. […]

Chakwera visits Marko Irrigation Scheme.

President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera on Tuesday visited Marko Irrigation Scheme in Chitipa. It is one of the two schemes that PRIDE (Programme for Rural Irrigation Development) has constructed in the district. A multitude of excited people from near and afar converged on Ifumbo Trading Centre that borders Tanzania, to see Chakwera, the first president to […]

KAWALE LAUNCHES CHIPOFYA IRRIGATION SCHEME

KAWALE LAUNCHES CHIPOFYA IRRIGATION SCHEME. The Minister of Agriculture, Hon. Sam Kawale on Tuesday launched the Chipofya Irrigation Scheme in the area of Paramount Chief Chikulamayembe in Rumphi. The launch marks the beginning for the construction of the K11.5 billion irrigation scheme that PRIDE (Programme for Rural Irrigation Development) is implementing. PRIDE falls under the […]