Budget cuts, price hikes threaten Fisp

Budget cuts and rising fertiliser prices have prompted stakeholders to ask government to expedite procurement and rethink the implementation of this year’s Farm Input Subsidy Programme (Fisp) to avoid undermining food security. The stakeholders said in separate interviews yesterday that Fisp faces a double challenge of a sharply reduced budget and significantly higher fertiliser prices, … The post Budget cuts, price hikes threaten Fisp appeared first on Nation Online.