By BUUMBA CHIMBULUGOVERNMENT should not use the electronic voucher (E-voucher) as a panacea for the agriculture sector as it reforms the Farmers Input Support Programme (FISP).As Government contemplates on FISP reforms going forward the E-voucher should not be the panacea because it has become open to abuse, according to the Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU) president, Jervis Zimba.Mr Zimba said farmers would like to see the FISP programme be transformed into a dedicated agency capable of financing all agricultural commodities in a sustainable way.This, he explained, should be done with commercial orientation while ZNFU would engage with the government in 2022 to yield progress in this area.“In 2021, we saw the early distribution of inputs under the FISP programme which is a good thing and this should be sustained.“And, as the Government contemplates on FISP reforms going forward, the E-voucher should not be the panacea because it has become open to abuse,” he said in […]
E-voucher not solution to agro sector
