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Fisp budget up 54%
The Budget for the Farm Input Subsidy Programme (Fisp) has jumped by at least 54 percent. Blaming the sharp…
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FISP suppliers owed k35bn
Just two months after clearing bills owed to suppliers of the Farm Input Subsidy Programme (Fisp), government has yet again…
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Goodall adamant on Fisp
Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe on Tuesday hit back at critics of the Farm Input…
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Fisp delays raise fears of low harvest
There are fears of low crop harvest in Chitipa, Nkhata Bay and Nsanje districts as some farmers are yet to…
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Business News
‘Malawi agro sector archaic, needs overhaul’
Malawi’s agricultural sector has been branded inefficient, technologically backward and not in line with the country’s vision of becoming…
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Fisp suppliers owed K11bn
Transporters and suppliers of fertiliser under the 2015/16 Farm Input Subsidy Programme (Fisp) are owed about K11 billion (about…
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Analysts warn Fisp delays recipe for hunger
Analysts have warned that continued logistical delays in distribution of inputs under the Farm Input Subsidy Programme (Fisp) could…
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Govt unveils Fisp ‘exit’ plan
Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development says the 2015/16 Farm Input Subsidy Programme (Fisp) beneficiaries will be removed…
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Fisp review to impact on budget—Goodall
Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Goodall Gondwe has warned that government’s decision to allocate funds to the…
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Govt scraps seed subsidy
As Malawi’s fiscal crisis deepens, government has scrapped the seeds component from the Farm Input Subsidy Programme (Fisp), the…
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Subsidy programme is no-go zone
In the awake of the International Monetary Fund’s revelation that the economic programme in Malawi is off-track, the World…
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MJ council meeting adjourns over poor reporting
Mulanje District Council chairperson Manuel Bambala on Tuesday suspended a full council meeting due to what members described as poor…
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Donors cut k2.9bn funding for fisp
Donors have said they will this year not support the seed component of the Farm Input Subsidy Programme (Fisp)…
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Govt abandons the poor in fisp
The Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development is introducing a new system of identifying beneficiaries for the Farm Input…
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FOOD CRISIS: Despair as hunger expected to ravage 2.8 million
Food security and fiscal authorities on Thursday were dodgy on specifics of how they will combat hunger amid growing fears…
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Business News
AGRICULTURE SECTOR BUDGET QUESTIONED
Some non-State actors have faulted allocations in recent annual budgets, arguing they are not reflective of Malawi’s long-term development agenda…
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FISP Reforms cut out middle-man
The move means that government will no longer be inviting tenders for the supply of fertiliser and seeds under Fisp…
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National News
Budget outlines govt’s priority areas
Some of government’s priority areas highlighted in the 2015/16 financial year include the Farm Input Subsidy Programme (Fisp) which Finance…
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Government in K3bn Fisp arrears
The Malawi Government is owing a Zambian firm K3 billion (US$5 905 512) in arrears for supplying fertiliser and seed…
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Malawi launches 2014/15 Fisp
The Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development on Tuesday launched the 2014/15 Farm Input Subsidy Programme (Fisp) in Chitipa…
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