Government has reduced prices of Farm Input Subsidy Programme (FISP) fertilizer to MK5000 per 50kg bag in the 2020/2021 farming season.
Minister of Finance and Economic Development Joseph Mwanamvekha disclosed this in the National Assembly when presenting the 2020/21 National Budget.
According to Mwanamvekha, government has allocated MK38 billion to FISP which will have about 1 million beneficiaries.
Mwanamvekha said 100,000 families would get free fertilizer and farm inputs this farming season.
