More beneficiaries identified for Fertilizer Support Programme

Government has increased the number of beneficiaries to receive farming inputs under the Fertilizer Support Programme (FSP) in Mungwi district, Northern Province.

Mungwi district Community Development Officer Grace Yaluma told ZANIS that the government has increased beneficiaries of the farming inputs from 300 to 506, during the 2018/2019 farming season.

During a Food Security Pack Committee meeting today, Mrs. Yaluma said the increment of 206 new entrants is a clear testimony that the government is committed to reduce hunger and poverty at household level.

She said this also meant that more people will this year benefit from the Social Protection programme in the district.

Mrs. Yaluma said the farming inputs which include fertilizer, groundnuts, beans and maize seed, are expected to be received in the district within the week.

She appealed to the beneficiaries among them female and child headed households, orphans, the terminally ill and the aged, to strictly follow the FSP guidelines if they are to continue benefitting from the programme.

However, some committee members have appealed to the authority, to decentralize the procurement of farming inputs for swift implementation of the poverty alleviation programme.

They complained that some seed might not perform according to expectation considering the fact that the inputs will be received after the commencement of the planting period.

Among the areas that will benefit from the FSP programme are Ngulula, Makasa, Kayambi, Nseluka, Rosa and Mungwi Central.