The Malawi government has slashed the number of beneficiaries for the Farm Input Subsidy (Fisp) from 1.5 million to 900,000 in the 2016/17 agricultural season.
Spokesperson for the Ministry of Agriculture Hamilton Chimala said the development follows a slash of K17 billion allocation to Fisp program in the 2016/17 budget by the ministry of finance
“In the budget, the minister allocated MK43 billion out of MK60 billion to the program and this will target only nine hundred thousand famers who are poor from rural areas of the country,” said Chimala.
The Malawi Government introduced the large scale national programme in 2005 in order to subsidise agricultural inputs, mainly fertilizer and seeds for maize production.
The program saw smallholder farmers paying for a bag of fertilizer at a very low price while some seeds were being provided for free to citizens.
However, Fisp program became under criticism after some stakeholders deemed it to be unproductive in helping Malawi to be food secure.
Stakeholders argued that the program was not meeting targeted people and it was used as a channel for government officials to pump funds into personal accounts.
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Kudos Mr president,It is time now for Malawians to be self Independent. Government has a lot of work to do.Kudos for the reduction once again. Zaulele ayi!!!!
Ndizimenezo etu. Owomba mmnja inu muli kuti muwawombele manja a president
Ok Zili Chonchi Etieee
Dzanja lalemba khoma shopping center
Kumeneko sikuganizira anthu.
Zingayambe kuyiwalika…kkkkkk,,,,,ziko latha basi
Anthu aphanatu eeee
Kodi utsogoleri wa dziko la Malawi ukupita kuti
？zoona kutsitsa kutsitsa kumeneko,bwanji osangosiya kusiyana ndikuti mumenyanitse anthu m,midzi.Ndiye mufunadi kuti a dzidya dzicheche ndi a buluzi eti
cooperatives are bettr. ppo shud take fertilizr on loan then azikabweza aftr kukolola amayi style
Kungosiya basi
fwenyenye weniweni ingolekani rrrr
Imwe aboma yambani kulima mwekha ixe zatikanika waka …ise mutipezele zina zochita anganya kaya mutisegulira ma company ife ufu tidzigula kwa imwe…..mwapulika
Chinambala chonsecho? Nde azikadya kuti ameneo? Nsambi zimenezo, but idont think kuti nane ndiligulu lochotsedwalo.
Mmm…
Bullshit! You have witnessed the country wide starvation due to shortage of food, and yet you boast about slashing subsidies to poor Malawians? Is the government happy that Malawians are dying of starvation? How do eradicate this hunger issue then?
Or maybe you are there to promote it?
Yanga ipita kwa K P omweo basi 2019
poor malawi ukutichani apa!
Bingu Anayambitsa Macoupon Nthawi Yomweyo Kutsitsa Mtengo Wa Fertilizer Pogula kuchoka 12pin To 5pin Ndiye Awa Akungotsitsa Chiwerengero Koma Osanenapo Mmene Tizigulira Okwera Mtengowo,kaya
Apapa zaoneka kuti Subsidy yakukanikani. Tangoiturani pansi azapitirize ena mu 2019.
Aaaa people r multiplying n u r reducing, ndimasamamuanji amenewo? Koma piteli zamukanikad et?
Darayitu wakalamba n zerunso zatha
Boma iloooo…dpp ija ndiimeneyiii
Bad story.
Bullshit
Zimenezo mukanapanga mvula itagwa bwino.Kaya mwina mwapeza njira ina yabwino kuposa iyi,ok.
Angosiya zimenezi
siilen jb 2019 azalamulile osat inu
Mabungwe otikonda life amalawi atipasa zindlama zambilimbili zogonjesela njalai sindikufuna kunva kuti wina wagwanayo njala
if u get tire of ruling us please just say that am tired,than doing things that are infringing us first reduce ur salary.
Hey! subsidy is not away to go.This is a non starter we need to find other ways of boosting Agri prod in Malawi.Leave Mr.President alone.
Stop this,make farm clubs the way ngwazi used in his time
Farmers can form clubs and get loans.They should not depend on Government.There several micro finance Institutions out there.
We shall burn Foreign Voters alive – UPND
UPND Official Dr Cholwe Beyani says he has confirmed that a named Traditional leader in Eastern province is in possession of 4000 voters cards for Foreigners from Malawi and Mozambique.
And Dr Beyani who is also Senior Research Fellow/ Coordinator – Socio- Cultural Research Programme at UNZA has warned that the Foreigners who will attempt to come into Zambia to vote on Thursday will be burned alive.
Full story http://www.zambianeye.com
kkkkkkkkkkkk!
Mayoooo! Ambuye bwerani muzawamenye mateche anthuwa
Eeee,,,too much
Reduce it further to zero pliz, too many subsidies in Malawi.
This govt is not a listening its a govt of full arrogantic and kaak ,these DPPgurus wat they want is to steal, and then lie to poor sleeping Malawians that everything is oky ,yet on the ground these pupolow chiefs busy fighting with their people in the village .May be the people from the South they are happy with this govt policy?
Is how Mr president is.instead of reduce his salaries give to the poor people.shameless Malawi
Bwanji osangosiya zima coupon izo,aliyense aziwe chochita yekha?
Munkati mumafuna president waku amereka soyu pitala.Pitala amaziwa mavuto aku amereka osati akumalawi. Bullshit
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Malawi should welcome Permaculture and jump into,whilst there are no worries of chemical fertilizers and seeds.whereby there are no reducing the number of people who could be benefits on the particular season no! Permaculture it tells us the sustainable way of living,so its resilliant way of farming.Believe me you never regrets Permaculture its moto!! you are welcome.
Kkk and it won’t be easy to find a coupon eventhough the # of beneficiaries reduced
Zovuta ndithu
Mwachepetsa nthawi yolakwika mesa akuti kulinjala yoopsa kumeneko nde ngati anthu salimaso ziyenda koma…
Aaaaa Why
may our souls we the poorest rest in peace
Koma izi zimapindulirad anthu osauka?
The best thing to do is just to stop this fertilizer subsidy program… instead of this, government should be farming and sell the products to us at reasonable prices. Government has all capabilities of farming the whole year by using irrigation systems which most farmers that are getting fertilizer subsidy cannot manage. With climate change, farming has become a big challenge. Today you give someone fertilizer at subsidized price, tomorrow the same person has no food due to poor rains, droughts etc… It’s money being poured into a leaking bucket. It will never get full. Dzuka Malawi!
Malawi akufunika anthu ngati u man the problem is 90% politicians is old thinking capacity also dry
I agree with u man example south Africa…….but why us our mentality always is low …..zimandikhudza bwanji
Kuganiza Koma Uku!
True fact
I appointed you as minister of agriculture and irrigation
News ya mu april iyi ma radio ananenanso koma inu mumagona.
Zavuta kulikulu izi just stop the system and reduce the price aliyese azizigulila pa iye yekha
kuli mavuto kumalawi.njala sikutha
Kunena zooona , Bingu adali namandwa pa nzeru zochtira zinthu. Chalaka bakha nkhuku singatole. Pa campain mumalonjeza zambiri ngat ndalama izidzachkera mthumba mwanu
ndalama za anthu omwe apanga reduced zikupita kwa Peter Mutharika…pezani zambiri ku http://www.peterbeneficiasers.com
Dpp wooooo 2019 kkkkk life president
Mwandifutamwandifuta bax eish
Zakomera galu kugunda mbuzi. Titengerepo phunziro zomangovotera Mijomba. Mavuto ake amakhala omwewa.
aàaaaaa instead of increasing the number of beneficialies u reducing it y?
kkkkkkkkk DPP woyeeeeeeeee
Osangosiya mtengo oti aliyense azingogula bwanji popeza osaukawo sapindula nao
Nex yr azapanga reduce mpaka 300000 the hole malawi eish nzovutaizi
Mhmhm, instead of Increasing that number, our Govnt is Reducing lol, where is our country going? Next thing is just to stop it completely. Malawi for sale!