The Zambian government has pruned 600 000 beneficiaries from its Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP), while it announced the beginning of this years’ farming season as September 1. According to local media reports, Zambian Agriculture Minister Dora Siliya said the reduction is the result of effective targeting of intended beneficiaries…
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Some farmers in Eastern Province got ‘bonus’ inputs in the latest snag which hit the Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP) e-voucher payment system. Chipata district commissioner Kalunga Zulu told africanfarming.com authorities became aware of certain farmers getting inputs twice, after being alerted by agro dealers in the district. An investigation…
The Zambian Minister of Agriculture, Dora Siliya, told lawmakers that the government’s Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP) failed to reach its objective of supporting small-scale farmers to become commercially viable. Compounding the situation, she said, was the fact that government was losing huge amounts of money paying ghost farmers. In…
