Tue, 09 Jan 2018 08:44:42 +0000 By MUYANI SHINJABALE YOUTH in Action for Sustainable Development (YASD) has bemoaned the inefficiency of the e-voucher system in rural areas in the country. YASD Programmes Manager Zebedy Lukwesa said it was advisable to revert to the old system and find measures to empower small-scale farmers in the country. Speaking in an interview with the Daily Nation, Mr Lukwesa said he was aware that the old system had a number of culprits who were stealing farming inputs but the current system of the e-voucher was not much of an improvement either. “The e-voucher system is not working well in rural areas for farmers because they are receiving inputs very late. It is very sad to witness that this is when most farmers are receiving D compound for this farms. “As YASD we were just in Luapula this week and the situation there is not good at all because it […]
