The People’s Newspaper
THE UPND used the Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP) Electronic Voucher System which was implemented in regions that were receiving less rainfall such as Western, Southern and Lusaka Provinces as a campaign tool against the Patriotic Front (PF) by characterising the system as discrimination against the people in the regions, Given Lubinda has said.
THE Strategic Agriculture Finance Facility (SAFF) is a clincher in the empowerment of small-scale entrepreneurs in the agriculture sector who are not beneficiaries under the Farmer Support Input Programme (FISP), Finance Minister and National Planning Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane has said.
ZAMBIA has become an extremely hungry country because the UPND has comprehensively messed up the agriculture sector with the failure not only to deliver the farming inputs in time but the sector has also experienced the worst form of corruption in awarding tenders for the procurement and delivery of fertilizer and other inputs, Fred M’membe has said.
THE Small Scale Farmers Development Agency (SAFADA) has appealed to Minister of Agriculture, Mtolo Phiri to review and rethink the decision Members of Parliament to venture into the agro dealership and access support through Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP) and open credit facility introduced by Government.
THE Small-Scale Farmers Development Agency (SAFADA) has rubbished claims by Government that all farmers across the country have received farming inputs for the 2023/2024 farming season.
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says the government is determined to make agriculture the leading industry in the country through formulation of favourable policies.
THE Small-Development Association (SAFADA) has expressed disappointment that some farmers in some parts of the country are sharing inputs in small quantities under the Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP).
IT is ironic that there still is too much confusion about the fertiliser situation in the country at a time when farmers are supposed be in their fields.
POLICE in Luanshya have unearthed a scam involving committee members of Natwange Cooperative of Twashuka compound who allegedly stole agricultural inputs under the Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP).
MTOLO Phiri, the Agriculture Minister has warned camp officers who are in the habit of stealing farm inputs such as fertiliser of instant dismissal and subsequent arrest by police.
