Sun, 15 Oct 2017 11:30:19 +0000 By Mwiine Lubemba (Not the Paramount Chief Chitimukulu) THE development prospects of Zambia are intrinsically linked to the performance of the agricultural sector. This therefore is contrary to the prescriptions of the economic orthodoxy once propagated by the IMF and World Bank that held sway in the last two decades. Zambian government should get more actively involved in the agricultural sector, if the country is to achieve overall development. Among other things, the IMF and World Bank asked for deregulation and the withdrawal of the state from most economic and utility services. But in stark contrast, the Indaba Agricultural Policy and Research Institute (IAPRI), a great critic of government’s Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP) endorsed the rolling out of a fully-fledged electronic voucher (e-voucher) system, the country’s premier capacity building institution, is urging the Zambian government to get more involved in the agricultural development issues. In developmental states, such […]
