Allan Chiyembekeza

Allan Chiyembekeza is a Malawian politician and educator. He was the Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation of Malawi, having been appointed to the position on 12 January 2015 by former president of Malawi, Peter Mutharika. His term began on 31 May 2014. In 2016, he was the Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development. As a minister of agriculture, he encouraged local farmers in the country to grow sorghum to deal with the effects of climate change.

He conducted a campaign to encourage farmers in Blantyre after he opened a five-day Agriculture Workshop on Enhancement of National Agriculture Extension Services Project, which was admired by several African countries.

The minister was accompanied by Minister of Information, Jappie Mhango, when he said that tonnage in admarc’s custody, 25 220 MT will feed hungry the Southern Region, the Centre will have 16 863 MT while the North will have the remaining 8 417 MT.