Officials from various African countries including Malawi, were in Lusaka, Zambia this week for a World Bank-convened meeting on ‘Repurposing Agriculture Support for Soil Health.
National Planning Commission (NPC) Director General Fredrick Changaya (2nd left in the photo) was among Malawi’s representatives at the meeting alongside officials from the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Agriculture and other institutions.
Of particular focus where farm input subsidy programmes on the continent through which farmers access fertiliser for improved soil health.
Malawi is already making strides to improve its farm inputs subsidy programme to, among other things, make it smarter through the introduction of E-vouchers in line with a recent policy directive from President Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika that government services and operations be digitised.
“Many benefits will accrue from the E-voucher subsidy system, including more efficiency and customisation of the programme using geo-spatial mapping to deliver the right fertiliser to given districts,” says Changaya
“We are thankful to the World Bank for the support in an area that is aligned with Pillar 1 of the MW2063 on agricultural productivity and commercialisation,” he said.
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