Fri, 30 Dec 2016 10:26:28 +0000 IT is an act of sabotage for some traditional leaders in Southern Province to discourage their subjects from receiving farming inputs on the miscued belief that the inputs were late. Such idiosyncrasy is unacceptable and need to be condemned by all well- meaning Zambians. The Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP) is a Ministry of Agriculture initiative meant to facilitate smooth delivery of requisite farming inputs to the farmers. And to learn that some chiefs and headmen are inciting their subjects not to receive fertilisers and seed is very disturbing considering the fact that Government has earmarked agriculture to be a priority sector in the economic diversification drive. Admittedly, delivery of inputs to farmers in the 2016/2017 farming season has been beset with a number of logistical challenges, hence the delays in the distribution process. Last week, Ministry of Agriculture permanent secretary Julius Shawa indicated two challenges that have affected […]
