Francis writes...
I used the money to buy six bags of maize. I thought it is best at this time for the people. The villagers are happy to receive the help.
The Government has subsidised the fertiliser prices to MK950 to those who cannot afford to buy fertiliser at recommended price of MK2700. The poorest received coupons to buy fertiliser. This fertiliser will help them to prepare for a good harvest next year so that the people should be free from hunger.
A family needs 2 bags of "1 NPK" fertiliser for first application while the maize is very small. Another bag is for maturity (cob making).
We had a nice meeting including the village headman and over 200 people in attendance. We discussed issues concerning hunger and poverty. We concluded that if we can apply fertilizer this year we will get more harvest next year and if we can be keeping chickens and goats we will have manure next year and poverty will be deminished. But we need an agriculture advisor to assist us in looking after the poultry and goats farming as well as advising us on our fields.
For your information all the expenditure is on receipts and as well as my note book.
The money which is needed now is for fertiliser as the rains are promising, so that we can apply for first fertilizer in good time.
Lastly I am looking forward to hear from you. God be with you all and to those who assist you with the money.
The Government has subsidised the fertiliser prices to MK950 to those who cannot afford to buy fertiliser at recommended price of MK2700. The poorest received coupons to buy fertiliser. This fertiliser will help them to prepare for a good harvest next year so that the people should be free from hunger.
A family needs 2 bags of "1 NPK" fertiliser for first application while the maize is very small. Another bag is for maturity (cob making).
We had a nice meeting including the village headman and over 200 people in attendance. We discussed issues concerning hunger and poverty. We concluded that if we can apply fertilizer this year we will get more harvest next year and if we can be keeping chickens and goats we will have manure next year and poverty will be deminished. But we need an agriculture advisor to assist us in looking after the poultry and goats farming as well as advising us on our fields.
For your information all the expenditure is on receipts and as well as my note book.
The money which is needed now is for fertiliser as the rains are promising, so that we can apply for first fertilizer in good time.
Lastly I am looking forward to hear from you. God be with you all and to those who assist you with the money.
posted by Mike Brady at 12:59 PM
1 Comments:
950 Malawi Kwacha is about 5 pounds. Gross National Income per capita is 1757 per month, or about 10 pounds (compared to 1595 pounds in the UK, according to World Bank figures at http://devdata.worldbank.org/data-query/).
So two bags of fertilizer costs a month's average income in Malawi, or the cost of lunch and a pint in the UK. In Francis's village there are few sources of cash income.
A goat costs about 9 pounds. A chicken 2 pounds.
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