Anxiety has gripped some farmers following government’s continued delay to distribute inputs under the 2022/2023 Farmer Input Support Program (FISP).
The inertia that is caused by late processing of biometrics data for farmers has left many would-be beneficiaries in suspense as the rain season gradually intensifies.
In most districts monitored by Diamond Media it has been found some farmers are still doing biometrics and depositing their mandatory K400 fee as required by the program, a matter stakeholders say should have been done weeks ago.
By Diamond Chitalu