Malawi President Dr Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera says Malawi is on the right track in its quest to achieve food security. Delivering the state of the nation address in Parliament, Chakwera said a country like Malawi cannot transform the economy without revitalizing primary sector of Agriculture, and this must go beyond social protection programmes like Agricultural input Program (AIP). The president said that what Malawi is pushing for is agricultural mechanization, commercialization, and industrialization. Chakwera highlighted initiatives aimed at growing the sector. “My Administration has successfully embarked on Mega Farms aimed at establishing large production units for increased agricultural production, ” he said He added; ” We have already established two Mega Farms in Chipoka, Salima and Nkopola, Mangochi with 200 Hectares of maize currently under cultivation in Mangochi and 80 hectares of cotton under cultivation and production in Chipoka,” he said. He said through the Agriculture Commercialisation Project (AGCOM), Government has allocated 6 million dollars to the Katunga Maseya Cooperative to invest in a Mega Sugarcane Farm in Chikwawa. “It is also worth mentioning that other entities such as the Malawi Prison Services and Malawi Defence Force have established their own Mega farm, ” he said Post navigation Chakwera describes Mega farms as the cornerstone of the Malawi economy Kawale touts Agriculture as benchmark of Malawi economy