The maize crisis that Malawi is currently facing has been blamed on the country’s over dependence on donors.
Economic experts say policies such as the Farm Input Subsidy Programme (FISP) which are aimed at ensuring food security depend on aid and since budgetary support dried up due to the cashgate scandal, it has been difficult for government to finance the programme.
“There is no doubt that the fertilizer subsidy was only feasible due to donor support. At best, it was unsustainable without continued donor support, at worst, it was an illusion built on aid,” said Ed Hobey, an analyst at Africa Risk Consulting.
Minister of Finance Goodall Gondwe also told Reuters recently that the government will have to scale down expenditure on FISP in reaction to diminishing resources of funds for the budget.
FISP was launched in 2005 by former President Bingu wa Mutharika to provide subsistence farmers with two coupons which can be redeemed for two 50-kg bags of fertilizer. The beneficiaries make a modest contribution while government foots most of the bill.
Last year, a combination of floods, intermittent rainfall and prolonged dry spells at critical stages of maize development, led to a food deficit of 223,723 metric tonnes, for the first time since the introduction of FISP.
An assessment by the Malawi Vulnerability Assessment Committee (MVAC) shows that 2.8 million people in the country are facing hunger.
Lemerani ndinu ife tife ndinjara panja mumalemera nthawi ya njara
Nanga ndima gay tilira zenizeni
Nanga ndima gay tilira zenizeni
Nanga ndima gay tilira zenizeni
Mulungu sangalole ana ake kuti tizivutika chifukwa cha munthu m’modz, apanga zomwezo anachita muchaka cha 2012 kutumiza mngelo wake ochedwa cardiac arrest i
193 members of Parliament including Reverend President Lazarus Chakwera not appearing on the GREEN BELT list. SHAME!.
Munthu wokhalitsa kunja angadziwe bwanji vuto la anthu akumudzi?
Mulungu sangasiye anaake tiwonongeke amatikonda
Mulungu sangasiye anaake tiwonongeke amatikonda
Dpp ndimbola eish
kusamva!!
The beginning always difficult,now de gv has learn alot not to depend on donors although they had gone but we have manag to survive lo….
Amayi bwerani muzatiombore tifatu ife kuno
Iwe ukafa ataluze ndani,ukungoonjezera population and ur not useful to de country.
Amayi bwerani muzatiombore tifatu ife kuno
Iwe ukafa ataluze ndani,ukungoonjezera population and ur not useful to de country.
Amayi ake ati? He he he
Zawakanika awa a dpp
Zawakanika awa a dpp
THE HUNGER PROBLEM ITS NOT DONOR AID ITS BECAUSE OF CASHGATE BECAUSE YOU ARE FAILING TO CONFISCATE CASHGATE MONEY AND SELLING CASHGATE PROPERTIES TO PUT THAT MONEY IN GOVERNMENT TO BUY MAIZE AND PAY GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND BUYING MEDICINES IN HOSPITALS AND YOU ASKING DONORS TO COME BACK WHAT A JOKE !