During a workshop on models to enhance access to profitable agriculture markets for smallholder farmers in Malawi, Government acknowledged that access to profitable markets for smallholder farmers remains a challenge in the country.

The Director of Crop Development in the Ministry of Agriculture and Water development, Dr. Godfrey Ching’oma, made the remarks, observing that rural smallholder farmers fail to engage in meaningful agriculture due to lack of access to profitable markets.

On the other hand, he thanked Oxfam for the continued support to government on making sure that smallholder farmers have profitable markets for their produces. Country Director of Oxfam in Malawi, Lingalireni Mihowa said agricultural productivity stands to benefit smallholder farmers if markets are predictable, structured, viable and profitable.