Seed. Co Malawi, one of the country?s leading hybrid seeds manufacturing company is assuring the nation with high quality hybrid seeds during the 2012/2013 farm input subsidy program.
This has been said during the 2012-2013 business conference the company hosted in collaboration with Quton, (a baby and subsidiary of Seed. Co) in Lilongwe which among key issue on the table was to assess the past growing season?s experiences with challenges and successes for proper planning in the coming season.
The conference draw participants across the nation from the media, key accounts, agro-dealers, government agricultural officials, transporters to iron out how best the company could improve its services to the nation.
?We are ready to provide quality hybrid seeds during this year?s subsidy program aimed at maximizing farmers? yields to achieve food security. We want Malawi to continue to be the food basket in the southern part of Africa?, assured Dellings Phiri, Seed. Co Malawi?s Managing Director.
Phiri said key accounts (Seed. Co agents responsible for distributing products) agro-dealers were the beacon of his company?s success in recent years due to their role in carrying Seed. Co?s brand to the general public.
?Apart from key accounts and agro-dealers, the media is also vital in information sharing as the public will be in the know of our company?s products and ecological requirements of various varieties of seeds?, says Phiri.
He however bemoans insufficient of extension workers in many area across Malawi who were to equip framers with modern farming practices which could accord with new varieties of seeds the company was producing.
?As much as we appreciate Ministry of Agriculture effort to train many extension workers at Natural Resources College, surprisingly these graduates don?t like to work in rural areas who could have translated our effort to feed the nation with quality seeds in combination with skilled agricultural experts?, bemoans Dellings Phiri.
In his remarks, Dr Jeff Luhanga, the Principal Secretary in the Agriculture and Food Security recommended Seed.Co?s board decision for accommodating keys stakeholders in its transaction of business.
?This forum has assisted the company to get contrary views on how they transact its business with farmers. So, Seed. Co will improve its short falls which is likely to increase production of food?, recommends, Dr Luhanga.
Luhanga assured the public a well-organized 2012/2013 farm input subsidy program that those targeted would benefit from the initiative, ?With the additional beneficiaries to the subsidy program this year, all logistics have been finalized as to have a successful growing season. And make sure agro-dealers should have posters on their selling points indicating how many farm inputs are on stock to avoid many retains?.
?Seed. Co group of companies is operating in over 14 Africa countries including Malawi as the third largest producers of quality hybrid seeds in the southern Africa whose headquarters are in Zimbabwe.
In her remarks to the conference, Marjorie Mutemererwa, Seed. Co Group Public Relations and Communications Manager said the company?s intention is to feed the whole Africa and beyond.
?Soon, we will feed the whole Africa with quality products that families should have enough food on their table because if people have food there could not be wars across our continent. So, we are leaving no any stone unturned?, challenged
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