{"id":71699,"date":"2018-11-15T13:01:14","date_gmt":"2018-11-15T11:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/?p=71699"},"modified":"2018-11-15T13:01:14","modified_gmt":"2018-11-15T11:01:14","slug":"study-unveils-gaps-in-agri-supply-chain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/2018\/11\/15\/study-unveils-gaps-in-agri-supply-chain\/","title":{"rendered":"Study unveils gaps in agri-supply chain"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Faith Kamtambe: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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KUWALI\u2014There are various challenges<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A recent study has shown that poor infrastructure and lack of structured markets continue stifling growth of small and medium agri-businesses in the country.<\/p>\n

The research, done by the Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network, also cites lack of proper sources financing as a major constraint to growth of the business.<\/p>\n

The study, which focused on agriculture marketing policies in Southern Africa, indicates that poor road network in the country affects the agriculture supply chain.<\/p>\n

It unveils gaps and inconsistencies of policies aimed at supporting rural markets growth.<\/p>\n

Agriculture is the backbone of the Malawi economy but misfortunes have continued to dog the sector.<\/p>\n

Speaking at a meeting aimed at validating the assessment in Lilongwe, Civil Society Agriculture Network (Cisanet) National Director, Pamela Kuwali, said investors are failing to do business in Malawi due to poor infrastructure.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you look at the Malawi business environment, there are various challenges affecting agri-businesses growth and investor-confidence including poor infrastructure,\u201d<\/em> Kuwali said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The rapid assessment study was done with financial assistance from Oxfam International and was coordinated by Cisanet.<\/p>\n

Statistics show that the agricultural sector, which is the backbone of the economy, supports about 85 percent of the population.<\/p>\n

Stakeholders recently warned that input of agriculture to the Gross Domestic Product would continue declining if Malawi maintains its over-reliance on tobacco as a major foreign exchange earner.<\/p>\n

Already, the sector\u2019s contribution to the economy continues to decline due to natural calamities, lack of stable markets and lack of funding for small-scale farmers, among other challenges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Faith Kamtambe: A recent study has shown that poor infrastructure and lack of structured markets continue stifling growth of small and medium agri-businesses in the country. The research, done by the Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network, also cites lack of proper sources financing as a major constraint to growth of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71699"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71704,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71699\/revisions\/71704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}