By BUUMBA CHIMBULUGOVERNMENT should reduce the subsidies in the agricultural sector by 50 percent and invest the money which will be saved into the farm blocks.The reduction should be done particularly from the Farmers Input Support Programme (FISP) and the Food Reserve Agency (FRA), according to the Indaba for Agricultural Policy Research Institute (IAPRI) Director Research, Anthony Chapoto.About K7.3 billion has been allocated to the agriculture sector in the 2022 national budget with FISP getting 93.4 percent of the allocated funds.Dr Chapoto has however recommend that the subsidy programme should be re-looked at, reduce it by 50 percent and allocate the funds to farms blocks which had potential to create 500 jobs for the youth in the agriculture sector.He stressed that farm blocks offered best opportunities in job creation in the agriculture sector while providing a vehicle for sustainable rural development.“Let Government help farmers who need FISP and remove those who can stand on their […]
‘REDUCE AGRO SUBSIDIES, INVEST IN FARM BLOCS’
