Some depots selling the Farm Input Subsidy Programme (Fisp) fertilizer have been temporarily closed in Blantyre after a crash erupted between buyers, Minister of Information and Civic Education has confirmed. The depots in Chilomoni, Chirimba and Manyowe Townships were closed on Thursday after some differences exploded among farmers, which spilled into a scuffle as the […]
Barely a month after 146 bags of subsidy fertilizers were found filled with sand in Mangochi, another incident of similar nature has occurred in the district with farmers currently buying paper pieces, sand and wood shavings mixed fertilizer, Nyasa Times has established. Farm Input Subsidy Programme (Fisp) beneficiaries who are currently buying the cheap fertilizer […]
About 1, 610 bags out of 1, 860 of subsidized 23:21:0 fertilizer that were distributed at Ebombeni Admarc depot in Mzimba had sand while only 250 bags contained fertilizer. Farmers from Chibamu Jere, Ebombeni and Mgubani villages in the area of traditional authority M’mbelwa on Saturday were shocked to discover that many bags contained sand […]
The Minister of Agriculture has admitted disparities in the distribution of coupons under Fertilizer Subsidy Programme with some districts not yet supplied with the vouchers. Minister, Professor Peter Mwanza made admission in Parliament on Tuesday morning after a being quizzed by the Parliamentarians on the irregularities marring this year’s subsidy programme. The lawmakers wondered why […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) MP for Lilongwe Mpenu, Watson Makala Ngozo, (MCP) has asked government to completely suspend the use of fertilizer subsidy coupons which targets the most vulnerable households in communities. Ngozo told parliament that the coupons which are being used are causing a lot of problems including corruption. “There is too much corruption […]
Malawi has received cash boost of K473 million from Ireland on its agricultural subsidy programme as its contribution to ensuring food security in Malawi. President Bingu wa Mutharika introduced the Farm Input Subsidy Programme (FISP) in 2005 to improve national food security and lift the productivity of smallholder farmers after several years of drought brought […]